Our projects

Climate Stewards was set up by the international Christian nature conservation organization A Rocha. Through A Rocha’s unique family of global links, Climate Stewards is able to develop projects that will help the climate, the community and biodiversity.

Ghana
South Africa

Climate Stewards works in partnership with local communities, involving them in the planning, management and maintenance of the projects.

Our first projects involve planting trees which absorb CO₂ back out of the atmosphere. By planting a range of indigenous species they also create a good habitat for a wide range of other species of plants and animals as well as for local communities.

We also plan to run fuel efficiency and renewable energy projects. By working in partnership with poor communities to reduce their use of fossil fuels we can together improve their well being by providing clean energy for development and at the same time reduce global carbon emissions. Replacing open fires by fuel efficient stoves means people need to spend much less time looking for wood to cook their food. Renewable energy projects, like solar panels, wind or water mills reduce the dependency of remote communities on diesel generators for example

To ensure best practice and high standards, Climate Stewards projects will be directly supervised by A Rocha and independently verified to the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance Standards.

By 10 January 2007 the average UK citizen had emitted as much CO₂ as the average citizen of Ghana would emit in the whole year.
World Development Movement climate calendar