Bionic Planet Podcast - Forests and the Billion-Dollar LEAF: New Hope for World Forests

Aug 20, 2021
1 min read

Updated: Jun 26, 2025

Launched on Earth Day, the LEAF (Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance) Coalition aims to double the price of forest-carbon offsets and multiply the amount of money going into forest protection. Emergent is the coordinator of the LEAF Coalition. Listen to the Bionic Planet podcast with Emergent’s Executive Director and Founder, Eron Bloomgarden, to learn how it works.

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