To enable Sudanese communities to build climate resilience by unlocking finance and markets, strengthening local capacity, and generating the evidence that drives investment.
Social enterprise · Sudan
Climate resilience, led by Sudanese communities.
We connect Sudanese communities, cooperatives and startups to climate finance and carbon markets, build their technical capacity, and generate the data needed to design fundable projects — while safeguarding ecosystems and indigenous practices.
Developing projects under recognised standards
- Gold Standard
- Verra · VCS
- Puro.Earth
- UNFCCC · GCF
Who we are
A bridge between Sudan's frontline communities and the world's climate capital.
Carbon Think is a social enterprise helping Sudanese communities, cooperatives and startups build climate resilience. We close the gap between local knowledge and international finance — turning community-led ideas into bankable, standards-compliant projects.
Our work protects ecosystems and honours the indigenous practices that have sustained Sudan's land for generations.
A Sudan where climate-vulnerable communities lead and benefit from their own resilience and low-carbon development.
The challenge
Access to finance is one of the greatest barriers to climate resilience in Sudan.
No direct access to the Green Climate Fund
Sudan has no accredited Direct Access Entity (DAE) to the GCF — the largest dedicated climate fund under the UNFCCC. Communities and organisations face complex bureaucratic obstacles to securing vital climate finance.
Limited awareness & technical capacity
Many local stakeholders lack awareness of available climate funding mechanisms and the technical capacity to develop fundable, climate-resilient projects that meet international standards.
Livelihoods left exposed
Grassroots organisations, cooperatives and entrepreneurs lack the training, finance and market linkages needed to climate-proof their livelihoods.
Our response
Three pillars. One resilient Sudan.
We work across the full journey — from first idea to funded, verified, market-ready project.
Access to funds & markets
Blended finance — grants, concessional loans and guarantees — through a Sudan-focused Climate Catalytic Fund, plus market access through high-quality voluntary carbon credits (VERs).
- Grants & concessional loans
- Risk-sharing guarantees
- Voluntary carbon credit sales
Guidance & training
Incubators, hackathons and technical assistance that build a pipeline of climate-resilient businesses and community-led projects ready for investment.
- Climate venture incubation
- Hackathons & innovation challenges
- Project design technical assistance
Research & data
Evidence on climate vulnerability, adaptation needs and carbon market opportunities in Sudan — the foundation every fundable project needs.
- Vulnerability & adaptation studies
- Carbon market opportunity mapping
- Awareness tools on climate finance
Objective 01
The Sudan Climate Catalytic Fund
We are establishing a Climate Catalytic Fund to support communities and startups with blended finance. By layering grants, concessional loans and guarantees, the Fund absorbs early risk so local and international investors can follow.
- Who it serves
- Communities, cooperatives & climate startups
- How it works
- Blended, catalytic capital matched to project stage
- Why it matters
- Fills the gap left by the absence of a Sudanese GCF DAE
Objective 02
Reviving Sudan's carbon market prospects.
We develop projects under recognised standards and link them to buyers — so high-integrity carbon finance flows back to the communities doing the work.
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Identify & design
Work with communities and project developers to identify nature-based and low-carbon opportunities.
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Certify
Develop projects under Gold Standard, Verra (VCS) and Puro.Earth methodologies.
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Verify
Coordinate independent project verifiers to ensure integrity and transparency.
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Connect to buyers
Link high-quality VERs to responsible buyers, with benefits shared with communities.
Buying or developing carbon credits? Talk to our carbon markets team.
carbon@carbon-think.org
Objective 03
Research & awareness tools
We produce research and awareness tools on climate finance and resilience — making evidence accessible to communities, policymakers and investors.
Vulnerability
Mapping climate vulnerability across Sudan's regions
Understanding where climate risks hit hardest, and who is most exposed.
Adaptation
Adaptation needs of farmers, pastoralists & cooperatives
Grounding project design in the realities of local livelihoods and indigenous practice.
Carbon markets
Carbon market opportunities in Sudan
Assessing the pipeline of high-integrity carbon projects and the pathways to market.
Our ecosystem
Built with the people who make climate finance work.
Market
Project developers
Market
VER buyers
Integrity
Standards bodies
Gold Standard, VCS, Puro.Earth
Integrity
Project verifiers
Government
Ministry of Environment
Government
Forest National Corporation
Regional
East African Alliance on Carbon Markets
Capital
Local private investors
Capital
International investors
Get involved
Find your place in the work.
Communities & cooperatives
Access training, technical support and finance to climate-proof your livelihoods.
programs@carbon-think.org →Startups & entrepreneurs
Join our incubator and hackathons to build an investable climate venture.
incubator@carbon-think.org →Investors & funders
Co-invest in the Climate Catalytic Fund and a pipeline of vetted projects.
fund@carbon-think.org →Institutions & government
Partner with us on policy, accreditation pathways and national climate goals.
partnerships@carbon-think.org →
Contact
Let's build Sudan's climate future together.
Reach the right team directly, or send us a message and we'll route it.
- General enquiriesinfo@carbon-think.org
- Partnershipspartnerships@carbon-think.org
- Climate Catalytic Fundfund@carbon-think.org
- Carbon markets & VERscarbon@carbon-think.org
- Research & dataresearch@carbon-think.org
- Programs & trainingprograms@carbon-think.org
- Media & pressmedia@carbon-think.org
- Careerscareers@carbon-think.org