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Cooling the Climate

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Pioneering a groundbreaking digital financial model to restore and protect the Amazon Rainforest

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A Large-Scale Plan to Cool the Climate Cooling the Climate is a large-scale strategic plan that restores the Amazon rainforest ecosystems and helps stabilize the climate. The Amazon is our planet's most vital land-based cooling and water regulation organ. It is at a critical tipping point, but there is still time to act. Protecting the rainforest means halting deforestation, restoring degraded areas, and supporting sustainable practices that preserve its ecosystems. Reforestation will drive global economic transformation Our digital finance model directs substantial investments into the Amazon rainforest by utilizing innovative financial instruments and technology tools within carbon credit frameworks alongside community-driven ecosystem protection. This plan illustrates how reforestation and climate action financing can lead to both environmental and economic transformation, providing a replicable model for deforested regions in the Global South. Technology Scale and speed are two crucial elements to make Cooling the Climate a success as the most ambitious large-scale strategic plan that aims to restore the Amazon rainforest ecosystems and help stabilize the climate. Technology is the key to accelerate regeneration by allowing thousands and soon millions to use the platform to transform degraded lands into thriving ecosystems and productive sustainable agroforestry, and linking rural prosperity to planetary health - one smartphone at a time.

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https://www.coolingtheclimate.earth/
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非盈利组织
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11-50 人
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非营利机构
创立
2025
领域
Ecosystem Restoration、Climate Action、Regenerative Finance、Biodiversity protection 、Bioeconomy、Sustainable food production 、Water cycle management、Forest restoration和Community engagement

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  • The Cooling the Climate project lead explains the science behind the plan: https://lnkd.in/gzE6fvD4

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    Rob de Laet

    Climate Strategist, Project Lead and co-author of Cooling the Climate. Hurry!

    THE SCIENCE BEHIND COOLING THE CLIMATE In his book Timaeus, Plato describes the cosmos as a living being: “This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence… a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.” I found this crucial quote in this video: https://lnkd.in/gy5AxuZH LOVELOCK’S GAIA THEORY AND THE NEW CLIMATE SCIENCE Plato’s idea persists in James Lovelock’s Gaia theory, which views Earth as a self-regulating super-organism. It is a worldview that allows us to take on the crisis of humanity operating from the different, much more hopeful paradigm. It offers an alternative to te materialist view of the universe, which gave us much, but is now destroying our future. In this worldview the atmosphere and climate are created and maintained by the living Earth to protect and nourish all life. This gives meaning and beauty to all living beings and places us in a never ending journey of evolution we are honored to be part of. Once you see the world like this, opportunity arises! THE INDIGENOUS TRUTH Seeing the Earth as a living being requires recognizing the deep interconnection between all life and our well-being is then connected to the happiness of all, past, present and future. Our Indigenous brothers and sisters often try to explain this to us: everything is connected, all living beings are family and to gain harmony all needs to be stewarded, not exploited. Harming one part is harming the whole. If the Earth is a living being, then justice must reach beyond humans to include the living forests, rivers, animals, and future generations. We humans are not the rulers over nature but temporary manifestations, invited to participate for a while in this amazing dance of life, expressing our gifts to the world with generosity and gratitude, creating abundance and harmony. Destroying Nature and hoarding wealth, creates scarcity and death. Once we see this, our agency increased as every action ripples through the whole world. CALLING ON THE #SHAMBALA WARRIORS TO RISE Please watch this 10 minute video: https://lnkd.in/ga_Ups3C, in which #Joanna Macy calls upon all of us to understand what needs to happen for the great turning, reversing the global destruction that is gaining pace, and forge a path to a brighter tomorrow, with a balanced climate, equitable societies where there is enough for everyone’s needs and it is everyone's honorable duty to care for the continued abundance of Nature, to keep an abundant planet that nourishes all of us. SUPPORT THE COOLING THE CLIMATE PROJECT Restoring the biosphere is the shortest way out of the climate crisis; the most dangerous of all crises now encircling humanity. Please take a look at our website and join: https://lnkd.in/gEW5hc4U #GaiaTheory #ClimateScience #IndigenousWisdom #CoolingtheClimate #GreenUpToCoolDown

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    PRESS RELEASE - PLEASE SHARE WIDELY Cooling the Climate Initiative Launches to Restore the Amazon and Stabilize Global Temperatures February 26, 2025 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil – Cooling the Climate today announced the official launch of Cooling the Climate, a large-scale initiative to restore and protect the Amazon Rainforest, the planet’s most critical land-based cooling system. This science-driven effort aims to prevent the Amazon from reaching an irreversible tipping point, leveraging financial innovation and community-led restoration to safeguard global climate stability. We are at a tipping point. The Amazon Rainforest is in crisis. Scientists warn that if deforestation surpasses 20-25%, the Amazon will reach the tipping point of irreversible dieback, leading to desertification, destabilized water cycles, and soaring global temperatures. In the language of the living Earth paradigm, the Amazon, the most important cooling and rehydrating organ of our planet is at the brink of dying back exponentially. The record-breaking global heat records of 2023 and 2024 are a warning sign; the Amazon’s extreme droughts are already contributing to climate instability, and without immediate intervention, the already devastating consequences will become irreversible and will threaten the Earth’s livability. Our research shows that a complete dieback of the Amazon will lead to up to 2.5°C extra global warming, beyond IPCC trajectories. Cooling the Climate?is a bold, science-driven initiative to reverse this crisis. Through large-scale restoration, innovative financial solutions, and direct support for Indigenous and forest communities, empowering and mobilizing the forest dwelling people, we are working to restore the Amazon’s ability to cool the planet. Our approach combines: ????????Ecosystem protection?at scale to stabilize climate patterns ????????Direct payments for ecosystem services, ensuring communities are empowered to protect the rainforest, aligned with their development goals. ????????The sequestration of billions or gigatons of CO?. ????????A digital financial model?that links conservation with economic opportunity This is more than a conservation effort - it’s a?global call to action for our own survival and the well-being of generations to come. By restoring the Amazon, we are creating a model for reversing climate change worldwide. Restoring forests and transitioning to forest-like food production like agroforestry on an area of 2.5 – 3 million km2 in the tropical zone, the global temperatures will go down by 1°C , with a substantial reduction of extreme weather events. Join Us. Take Action. Share the Message. More information on our website about who is involved: https://lnkd.in/gwe8EenD #CoolingTheClimate #AmazonRainforest #ProtectTheAmazon #CallToAction #ClimateActionNow #ClimateCrisis #RegenerativeFuture #WaterCycles #GlobalCooling #TippingPoint #RegenerativeFinance #GreenUpToCooldown

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  • Cooling the Climate is quickly building up a lot of partnerships for our ambitious goal as we are spearheading a global emergency response to prevent the Amazon from crossing an irreversible tipping point. The Amazon is the planet’s most critical cooling system, and its collapse would trigger a catastrophic 2-2.5°C rise in global temperatures, far beyond IPCC projections. Our plan mobilizes $2 billion per month for large-scale restoration, Indigenous-led governance, and a 12-point action framework, including forest protection, agroforestry, fire prevention, and digital monitoring. By securing legal personhood for the Amazon and integrating financial and technological solutions, we are building a model to regenerate ecosystems worldwide. For this we need iron-clad coalitions with partners from around the word to make this happen. The time to act is now. This is a fight for our future. https://lnkd.in/ebDVSF7z

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    Rob de Laet

    Climate Strategist, Project Lead and co-author of Cooling the Climate. Hurry!

    COOLING THE CLIMATE PARTNERS WITH BUCKMINSTER FULLER INSTITUTE We are honored to announce that the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) is now a fiscal sponsor of Cooling the Climate, an ambitious initiative to restore vital ecosystems and stabilize global temperatures through large-scale biocultural regeneration and regional water cycle restoration. This large-scale initiative is designed to protect and regenerate the Amazon Rainforest, the planet’s most critical land-based cooling and water regulation system. By accelerating ecosystem restoration and stabilizing both regional and global temperatures, Cooling the Climate addresses climate change with urgency and impact. We look forward to our collaboration with the BFI Design Lab, a non-profit design studio and accelerator advancing whole-system solutions to address urgent global challenges such as biodiversity loss, climate disruption, and water crises. Buckminster Fuller, the visionary American designer, architect, and futurist, pioneered Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science, a systems-based approach to “make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time.” The BFI Design Lab continues this legacy by applying Fuller’s principles to address today’s most pressing challenges. We are deeply grateful for our partnership with BFI and their Executive Director, Dr. Stuart Cowan,?whose leadership has been instrumental in securing project financing, advising on our financial and technology platform design, supporting the replication of our pilot project, and helping scale Cooling the Climate for global impact. MARY OLSON Stefan Killen Dr. Stuart Cowan Jakub P. Molski Paul Walentynowicz David Hodgson Jon Schull Philip Bogdonoff Andrian Dwi Kurniawan #CoolingTheClimate?#BuckminsterFullerInstitute?#EcoRestorationAlliance #GreenUptoCoolDown #ClimateAction?#Waterislife #AmazonRegeneration?#GlobalCooling

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  • A LARGE-SCALE PLAN TO COOL THE CLIMATE Cooling the Climate is an ambitious, large-scale initiative designed to restore and protect the Amazon Rainforest, the planet’s most critical land-based cooling and water regulation system as part of a plan to bring global temperatures down. By accelerating regeneration efforts and stabilizing both regional and global temperatures, the plan addresses climate change in an urgent and decisive way. Current deforestation and ecosystem degradation is pushing the Amazon toward an irreversible tipping point. Scientists warn that once deforestation exceeds 20%-25%, the rainforest will experience a die back, where it can no longer sustain itself. This will lead within decades to the loss of the rainforest ecosystem, turning into not just savannas but desert! If the Amazon collapses, the loss of its water cycle will trigger devastating consequences for the region and planet. The rainforest’s ability to release vast amounts of water vapor into the atmosphere regulates temperatures and drives global rainfall patterns. But without this crucial water cycle, temperatures will rise significantly, leading to rapid desertification across the region and higher temperatures around the globe. The current spikes in global temperatures in 2023 and 2024 are in large part directly related to the record droughts in the Amazon region. Immediate action is crucial to prevent these catastrophic consequences. Cooling the Climate responds to this crisis with a bold, science-driven strategy that leverages financial innovation, community-led restoration, and large-scale ecosystem protection to rapidly reverse the damage before it is too late. At the heart of the initiative is a groundbreaking digital-financial model that provides direct payments for ecosystem services to Indigenous and other forest communities, ensuring the Amazon’s essential climate functions remain intact and get reinforced. Using an advanced digital financial architecture, the project empowers millions to protect and restore the rainforest while strengthening biodiversity, agricultural resilience, and water security. By linking conservation efforts with economic opportunity, this approach fosters a thriving bioeconomy and establishes a scalable model for global ecological restoration. As a transformative global call to action, Cooling the Climate aims to reverse climate change by restoring ecosystems and leveraging natural water cycles, with the Amazon as the starting point. Its pilot projects provide a clear, roadmap toward a more stable and cooler planet, setting a precedent for restoration efforts worldwide. The Global Call to Action: https//https://lnkd.in/g8Pk3dnq #CoolingTheClimate #AmazonRainforest #ProtectTheAmazon #CallToAction #ClimateActionNow #ClimateCrisis #RegenerativeFuture #WaterCycles #GlobalCooling #TippingPoint #RegenerativeFinance #GreenUpToCooldown

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  • URGENT ACTION IS REQUIRED: BEFORE A DIEBACK IS UNSTOPPABLE. Written By Rob de Laet The Amazon rain forest, a vital ecosystem often called the "lungs of the Earth" but could easily be called the ‘’heart of the world as well.’’ This great planetary organ is facing a dire threat: irreversible dieback. Scientific studies indicate that a combination of deforestation, climate change, and environmental degradation is pushing this irreplaceable ecosystem towards a potential transformation into a savanna-like landscape. This shift would have catastrophic implications for global biodiversity, climate regulation, and Indigenous communities. As forest cover diminishes, the Amazon's ability to generate its own rainfall through moisture recycling is compromised, exacerbating drought conditions and tree mortality. Studies suggest that losing 20–25% of forest cover could trigger this tipping point; with approximately 17% already lost and an additional 17% degraded, the situation is critical. Recent research has provided empirical evidence of the Amazon's declining resilience. A 2022 study published in Nature Climate Change reported that over three-quarters of the Amazon rainforest has experienced a decline in resilience since the early 2000s, indicating a reduced capacity to recover from disturbances. This loss of resilience heightens the risk of a sudden and irreversible transition to a non-forest ecosystem. The consequences of such a dieback would be devastating and far-reaching. The Amazon stores vast amounts of carbon; its dieback would release significant greenhouse gases, accelerating global warming and its associated impacts. As home to an estimated 10% of known species, the Amazon's transformation would lead to unprecedented species extinctions, further eroding the planet's biodiversity. Additionally, the rainforest influences regional and global water cycles; its loss could alter weather patterns, affecting agriculture and water supply far beyond South America. To prevent these catastrophic consequences, immediate and coordinated efforts are essential. First and foremost, deforestation and degradation must be halted. Strengthening enforcement of anti-deforestation laws and promoting sustainable land-use practices are paramount to preserving existing forest cover. Empowering and collaborating with Indigenous peoples, who play a crucial role in forest conservation, is vital. Ensuring their rights and knowledge are integral to preservation strategies will bolster conservation efforts. The Amazon rainforest is at a precipice. Without urgent and decisive action, we risk crossing a threshold beyond which recovery is impossible. Protecting the Amazon is not merely a regional concern but a global imperative, essential for maintaining biodiversity, climate stability, and the well-being of future generations. The time for action is now.

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