Greetings from Laos! Walk with us as our carbon experts visit some of the projects we have helped finance and support across the country. Our work with these exceptional partners has helped enterprises scale their climate solutions thanks to the technical expertise, carbon project certification support, and extensive carbon finance buyer networks that we bring.
Over 15 years of carbon finance expertise
With over 15 years in carbon markets, Nexus for Development provides essential technical and financial support to climate enterprises in Laos. We help these organizations navigate carbon certification, unlock carbon finance, and maximize their impact. Our partnerships in clean water and clean cooking have already delivered significant benefits, and we’re now expanding into biochar, waste management, and sustainable agriculture.
Clean water: Transforming lives with TerraClear
One of our biggest initiatives is supporting TerraClear which secured Laos’ first-ever Gold Standard Verified Emission Reduction (GS-VER) credits. TerraClear provides ceramic water purifiers made from local clay and rice husks, using filtration technology to deliver clean drinking water to rural communities. By reducing the need for boiling water, this initiative has:
- Reduced CO₂ emissions
- Improved air quality in rural households
- Enhanced community health and well-being
Scaling clean cooking through ICS programme
We also visited the Improved Cook Stove (ICS) programme, a collaboration between Nexus for Development, the Association for Rural Mobilization and Improvement (ARMI), and SNV. The programme is advancing a more sustainable market for cleaner and more fuel-efficient cookstoves, reducing wood and charcoal consumption, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, and improving indoor air quality. Since 2015, this initiative has:
- Avoided over 500,000 tonnes of CO₂e emissions since 2014
- Saved communities over $2 million in fuel costs annually
- Improved indoor air quality and reduced health risks for over 2 million people
Reducing methane emissions with AgCoTech
In Luang Prabang, we met with AgCoTech, an Australian company focusing on enhancing livestock productivity and reducing methane emissions by up to 40% through their innovative Medicated Block technology. AgCoTech’s unique solution contains high quality nutrients for cattle as well as compounds that reduce enteric methane production. Our teams of carbon experts are working with AgCoTech to explore opportunities to support small-scale farmers in Laos.
Work with us to scale your enterprise or offset your carbon emissions
As we continue our work in Laos, we remain committed to mobilizing carbon projects and financing enterprises with high impact in clean water, energy, biochar, waste management, and agriculture.
We invite climate enterprises, and carbon buyers to collaborate with us and be part of this transformative journey.
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