Blog | Moldova’s great green hope: How restoration can revive soils, lakes, and livelihoods

By Aurelio Padovezi (E Co.) and Tobias Schnitzler (ADA)   Nested between Romania and Ukraine, the small landlocked country of Moldova is endowed with one of the world’s most prized natural resources: the world’s most fertile soil, Chernozem. Dark, fertile, and bursting with nutrients, this ‘black gold’ has made Moldova an agricultural powerhouse for centuries. […]

Blog | Powering up the socio-bioeconomy through climate finance

By Aurelio Padovezi and Ignacia Holmes   As the world confronts the climate crisis, the socio-bioeconomy concept is gaining traction as a technological fix and a transformative path that centres ecosystems, culture, and people. At its core, the socio-bioeconomy is a strategic response to climate change that integrates renewable biological resources, circular production, and sustainable […]

Project news | Inception workshop marks first milestone for ADA’s GCF project in Moldova

We’re thrilled to share that E Co. and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) have joined forces to develop a Green Climate Fund (GCF) Full Funding Proposal (FP) for the Climate Change Adaptation: Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Semi-arid Ecosystems to Increase Rural Resilience in Moldova project. This initiative focuses on enhancing resilience in Moldova’s rural communities […]