Cool Carbon

Help confront climate change while creating jobs in some of the world's poorest places by donating to small, innovative projects in the developing world. Your contribution to Cool Carbon provides seed money for seven climate-friendly initiatives.

Roger Burks/Mercy Corps

Cool Carbon

Topics: Climate Change

What is Cool Carbon? ›

Through Mercy Corps' Cool Carbon initiative, you can help address climate change issues — and commit to a greener lifestyle — by donating to climate-friendly projects that help individuals and families in the developing world.

Promoting Fuel-Efficiency in Darjeeling ›

Mercy Corps is aiming to address poverty by helping poor communities use fuel more efficiently.

Colombia: Community Forestry Project ›

This project will focus on planting and managing trees in public areas and private backyards, providing the greatest potential for improving the local environment and helping curb pollution.

Colombia: Biogas Latrines for Internally Displaced People ›

The project will build low-cost biogas digester latrines in participant households, resulting in better sanitation and less greenhouse gases.

Colombia: Micro-Hydroelectric Energy ›

A small hydroelectric project will enhance educational opportunities, improve food security, ensure better health and help provide more economic opportunities to indigenous families in rural Colombia.

Indonesia: Biogas from Waste ›

Mercy Corps is helping the impoverished families of Jakarta's slums through the installation of biogas facilities that convert human and other organic waste into energy that can be used for cooking and lighting.

Mongolia: Yak Tallow Bio-diesel ›

This project will convert yak tallow, a waste product, into bio-diesel to help to reduce air pollution, generate extra income for poor herders and contribute to a reduction in worldwide CO2 levels.