Human Rights Watch
Climate Transformation Fund • Bosnia-Herzegovina + 1 countries
Phasing out coal
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organisation that advocates for human rights, including the right to a healthy environment, and holds governments and other entities accountable for human rights abuses. HRW's work in the context of fossil fuels involves investigating and exposing their negative impacts on human rights and health in affected regions, advocating for governments to transition to cleaner energy sources, and engaging in global advocacy efforts to better regulate the industry, end public financing for it, and prevent new or expanded fossil fuel projects from coming online. HRW’s goal is to limit climate-related devastation on people and communities with an immediate and fair phasing out of fossil fuels.
Decarbonisation
There is a need to support efforts that can reduce emissions. Change is not happening fast enough on its own. A high-impact way of accelerating emission reductions is by supporting effective organizations influencing decision-makers to implement more ambitious climate policies. Another way is to support innovation in new fossil-free energy solutions in cases where market forces are not providing the necessary funds.
Accountability
Initiatives that hold governments and industries accountable, promoting transparency and adherence to climate commitments. These watchdog efforts strengthen the integrity of climate actions, ensuring they are credible and just.
Decarbonisation
Namibia
PyroCCS pioneers sustainable industrial biochar carbon removal in the Global South, deploying its own low-cost, robust, pyrolysis systems powered by renewable energy and backed by a digital measurement and reporting solution. These plants efficiently convert invasive acacia bushes in Namibia, a significant threat to the savanna ecosystem, into high-quality biochar, while providing critical employment in regions with high youth unemployment rates. PyroCCS's scalable technology, which they are also offering as a solution to other project developers, not only captures carbon but also supports local agricultural and environmental recovery as well as food security.
Decarbonisation
South Africa
CHAI will work on the high impact project of transitioning a portfolio of hospitals in South Africa's Western Cape Province to renewable energy. This could be a high impact measure that is currently not occurring due to the limited capacity of the department of health and because of bureaucratic hurdles to innovative financial and energy contracts. The project has the potential to reduce emissions by hundreds of thousands of tons, and leverages CHAI's extensive experience in health sector procurement and innovative finance.
Decarbonisation
Tanzania
This project develops a mobile app for regreening techniques like Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR). The app delivers real-time, location-specific advice directly to farmers' phones. This approach reduces intervention costs by eliminating the need for in-person visits to every location. We already support Justdiggit’s regular work since 2021, and now added this project because it builds on proven FMNR methods, increasing cost-efficiency and potential for rapid scaling in dry landscapes.