With our climate protection project Justdiggit, we are specifically focussing on the active sequestration of CO₂ and the renaturation of arid landscapes in Africa - combined with gold-standard certified climate protection in developing countries.
How Justdiggit binds CO₂
Justdiggit focuses on innovative, nature-based solutions to combat climate change:
- Regreening through ‘Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration’ (FMNR): By reviving old root systems and protected trees, landscapes regenerate naturally.
- Reforestation and revegetation projects: Trees and plants bind CO₂ from the atmosphere in the long term as they grow and at the same time improve the water balance in the soil.
- Construction of water retention basins (‘bunds’): Special troughs collect rainwater, reduce erosion and promote re-vegetation.
- Involvement of local communities: Farmers and village communities are actively trained to ensure the sustainable maintenance of the revitalised areas.
Through these measures, Justdiggit not only contributes to carbon sequestration, but also to the restoration of natural cycles and social development in the project regions.
Structure of the climate protection project
For every tonne of CO₂ offset, an additional tonne of CO₂ is sequestered through Justdiggit's measures.
Ensuring the CO₂ compensation
A Gold Standard-certified emissions reduction from renewable energy projects is also used to offset every tonne of CO₂ in a binding and traceable manner. Here we use a solar energy project in India. The Gold Standard is used exclusively to ensure the integrity and international recognition of the CO₂ reduction.
