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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Region Global

Germany joins the Peatland Breakthrough as a Champion Country

20 November, 2025

Theme Climate and GHG

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

VPP background

Region Global

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

17 February, 2025

Theme Capacity building

Sunset Frog - Nicki Mitchell

Region Oceania

Oceania Global Peatlands Assessment at the Soil Science Conference

13 December, 2024

Theme Conservation

Region Africa

ATBC 2024 Conference: Global Peatlands Assessment highlights the ecology, threats, and conservation status of tropical peatlands

15 October, 2024

Theme Adaptation

Region Africa

Country Congo

The best of peatland science for the Congo Basin: GPI presents Global Peatlands Assessment at forest partnership conference in Kinshasa

15 October, 2024

Theme Climate and GHG

Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Peru

A major milestone: Peru officially includes Amazonian peatlands in its NDCs

18 June, 2024

Theme Climate and GHG

PRESS RELEASE: Venice Agreement annual gathering to take place in Torres Vedras, Portugal from June 1-3, 2024

27 May, 2024

Theme Conservation

Getting to know the Lithuanian wetlands: A day in Degučiai for World Wetlands Day 2023

13 February, 2023

Theme Restoration

World Wetlands Day 2023: It’s Time for Wetlands Restoration webinar

10 February, 2023

Theme Restoration