Germany joins the Peatland Breakthrough as a Champion Country

Published Nov 20By

This week at COP30, Germany joined Peru and Uganda in becoming a Champion Country for the Peatland Breakthrough. In Germany, more than 90 percent of peatlands have been drained and are now used for agriculture and forestry or as land for settlements...

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Partners gathered at the official COP30 side event to build momentum for the Peatland Breakthrough and present the Science-Based Framework for Global Peatland Targets and strengthen collaboration for transformative peatland action. The event also marked the formal opening of the Peatland Breakthrough’s endorsement process, inviting both governments and non-state actors to join the global effort and align their actions with the new targets and principles. © Bianca Otero

Region Global

The Peatland Breakthrough Launches Science-Based Global Targets and Opens Call to Join

20 November, 2025

Theme Climate and GHG

Peru - Rupesh Bhomia, CIFOR

Region Global

Momentum building for the Peatland Breakthrough at New York Climate Week

02 October, 2025

Theme Climate and GHG

Convention on Wetlands COP15

Region Global

Peatlands at the Convention on Wetlands, COP15

02 September, 2025

Theme Capacity building

DRC

Region Global

Scaling up global action for peatlands: The Peatland Breakthrough and Call for Experts

17 April, 2025

VPP background

Region Global

Embark on a voyage of discovery with the Virtual Peatlands Pavilion World Tour 2025

17 February, 2025

Theme Capacity building

Argentina_Tierra Del Fuego_2007

Region Global

New Opportunity: Evidence Synthesis and Policy Engagement Training Programme for Peatlands

08 January, 2025

Theme Global Policy

VPP

Region Global

New Virtual Peatland Pavilion launched for COP29

05 December, 2024

Re-Peat Living Lab Colombia

Region Global

Peatlands at CBD COP16: Global efforts to protect biodiversity in a triple planetary crisis

04 December, 2024

IPSC 2024 Bavaria

Region Global

IPSC 2024: “The significance of peatlands is no longer confined to the scientific domain”

03 December, 2024

Peatlands in Northern Ireland by Ben Hall

Region Global

Peatlands can make or break global climate goals: official launch of the Global Peatland Hotspot Atlas at COP29, Baku.

21 November, 2024

Region Global

COP29 Side Event - Revealing Global Peatland Hotspots for climate action: bridging science and policy

30 October, 2024

purun-grass-CIFOR

Region Global

How to monitor peatlands holistically … and practically

20 September, 2022

Theme Restoration