Climate Impact

Why ?

Rainforests, especially in Central Africa, play a vital role in combating climate change and biodiversity loss. Covering just 6% of Earth’s surface, they absorb carbon and shelter over half of terrestrial biodiversity. Central Africa’s forest, that have been called “the world’s most important forest”, stores 1.1 billion tons of CO₂ annually, directly supports over 40 million people and regulate local and regional rainfalls. Despite its resilience, the forest is under growing threat, having lost 6 million hectares since 2001, making land use a major emissions source for CAFI partner countries.

Our impact

CAFI’s direct contribution to emission reductions by end 2024 is conservatively estimated at 4.48 million tons of CO2e (up from 3.45 million tons by end 2023). However, when considering a capitalisation period that extends beyond end 2024, CAFI’s results are expected to reach 26.3 million tons of CO2e of sequestration overall. 

Under the same assumption, CAFI’s targets from funded projects to date total 164 million tons of CO2e.