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King Charles Backs Guyana’s Forest Protection, Carbon Pledge

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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King Charles III urged Guyana to value nature during his state visit, praising forest protection.
Guyana earned $353 million from carbon credit sales and pledged 30% for Indigenous community projects.
Norway committed $250 million in 2009 to protect Guyana’s 18 million hectares of forest.
Buckingham Palace confirmed the King will not issue a formal apology for Britain’s slave-trade role.

History

Adopted on 11 December 1997, the Kyoto Protocol gave the UNFCCC a carbon-credit market through mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism, which generated roughly 1.5 billion tCO2e of reductions by 2012. That framework later enabled forest-carbon projects in developing nations, a significant trend and international attention highlighted by King Charles III’s 2024 visit to Guyana.

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Adopted on 11 December 1997, the Kyoto Protocol gave the UNFCCC a carbon-credit market through mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism, which generated roughly 1.5 billion tCO2e of reductions by 2012. That framework later enabled forest-carbon projects in developing nations, a significant trend and international attention highlighted by King Charles III’s 2024 visit to Guyana.

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