The project aims to contribute to the climate and energy framework of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the Paris Agreement), EU policy (e.g. EU Regulation 2018/841 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land-use change and forestry sectors, hereinafter referred to as ‘ZIZIM’ Regulation) and national climate policy for the post-2020 annual targets, through the development of decision-making tools and assessment methodologies for innovative climate mitigation (TAM) measures in degraded peat after peat development to reduce greenhouse gas (GDP) emissions and greenhouse gases (SEGs). The project objective will be achieved by improving the knowledge base, increasing capacity to implement KPM activities, checking climate-friendly management available to implement EU commitments under the Paris Agreement, and providing transferable and replicable tools for the development, implementation and verification of the post-2020 climate strategy. The following specific tasks have been identified: (1) Improve GHG accounting methods and operational data for managed wetlands; (2) identify and demonstrate sustainable, flexible and cost-effective CPM measures that can be applied in degraded peatlands; (3) Provide tools for the development, implementation and verification of KPM policies; (4) To improve the awareness and the level of knowledge of target groups.The project is planned as a collaborative, interdisciplinary (forestry, environmental, IT and land science) industrial research in the field of research 4.1. agriculture, forestry and fisheries, rigidly engaged in collaborative activities. The project complies with Latvia’s smart specialisation strategy (RIS) in the field of knowledge-intensive bioeconomy, and research promotes the development of scientific and human capital and creation of new knowledge, and it will be carried out in the field of research (NACE classification NACE code 72.19) and forestry (02.10, 02.20, 02.40). The total maturity level of the project results shall correspond to TRL4 – components validated in a laboratory environment. The main actions are: (1) Assessment of current climate change mitigation (CCM) practice in degraded peatlands; (2) Development of mapping and mitigation assessment tools for degraded peat. (3) Development of tools for evaluation of ecosystem services in degraded peatlands; (4) mapping and assessing GHG emissions, KPM potential and ecosystem services in degraded peatlands; (5) Development of GHG inventory and reporting methods for degraded peat. (6) Development of replicability tools for transfer of acquired knowledge outside Latvia; (7) Scientific reporting and dissemination of project results: The project will improve the knowledge base for the implementation, quantification, monitoring and evaluation of the most effective KPM activities in the field of degraded peatlands and will improve the ability of public and local authorities and the scientific community to apply the acquired knowledge in practice. The project will facilitate the development and deployment of cross-sectoral approaches to ZIZIM and the agricultural sector for climate-friendly management of degraded peatlands, justifying KPM strategies at local, national and regional levels. The project will help to identify and test innovative KPM activities, systems, methods and tools suitable for repetition, transfer or integration in the management of degraded peatlands in a hemiboreal climate region. The project will also strengthen the capacity of the national GHG inventory team and develop bilateral and regional channels for GHG inventory, forecasting and exchange of climate change-related information. The scientific opinions of the project will be summarised in 6 manuscripts of scientific publications, presentations at at least 3 international scientific conferences and international seminars organised for the target groups of the project. The total cost of the project is EUR 675 370,69, including support from ERDF EUR 438990.94 and the applicant’s co-financing – EUR 236379.75. Project duration – 36 months, from 01.04.2020 to 31.03.2023 Key words: Peatlands, climate change, afforestation, renaturalisation, greenhouse gases.