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Free online 45 min event (08 Nov) : Discussion points - Navigating the global carbon credit landscape - Understanding what the latest voluntary carbon market standards mean for your business - Who’s leading on net-zero commitments? Findings from the recent ‘climate pioneers’ report - From high-integrity carbon credits to offtakes: selecting the right carbon removal plan for your business

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Klimate’s Due Diligence: Integrity Integrity is top of mind in today’s carbon markets. To be successful in our climate goals, we must enhance the transparency and credibility of today's activities. This is especially critical in the voluntary carbon market, where numerous frameworks for analysis and certification exist. Moreover, credibility and transparency gaps have been made apparent in past headlines. To ensure the soundness and credibility of current and future projects, we analyse categories of monitoring, verification, and certification. This also includes exploring possible externalities or conducting comprehensive life cycle analyses. Through this, we hope to promote greater transparency in the carbon market as a whole, and set new standards of accountability. Join us in our commitment to building a sustainable future, where integrity is the foundation of every carbon removal credit project. #carbonremoval #impact #integrity

This is a simple and nuanced piece about the potential of carbon markets and how they should be combined with value-chain investments to aggressively reduce emissions.

A well-articulated article that simply explains the potential of carbon markets - worth a read 👇 #CarbonMarkets #CarbonCredits #GreenFinance #ClimateSolutions #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #ClimateAction https://lnkd.in/euP5PhfW

Heavy industry currently accounts for about one-third of global energy use and one-quarter of global GHG emissions. Carbon emissions from this sector need to be slashed by an astounding 93% by 2050 to achieve net zero carbon emissions. UNIDO and CIF have put together a framework designed to set off a “chain reaction” of climate action across the developing world to help decarbonise high-emitting industries. This includes: 1. Creating an enabling environment – develop a tailored roadmap that identifies challenges, gaps, and how to fix them 2. Enabling finance for first movers – funding for pilot projects, policy advances and so on 3. Scaling up – Unlocking finance at an unprecedented scale 4. Achieving Net Zero for high-emitting industries The aim is to work with countries to identify existing gaps and develop a roadmap to net zero.  Click here to read more: https://lnkd.in/eYS2KN8X #GreenH #Decarbonisation #GreenhouseEmissions #NetZero #EnergyTransition

Setting Corporation Goals As corporations set goals to decarbonize their operations, stakeholders are also looking to hold them accountable for accurately reporting progress. But accurately measuring a company’s environmental impact can be a complex task. One major challenge lies in capturing a complete picture: Scope 3 emissions. Read more:

Companies in Carbon Markets To finish the information on carbon markets, here is a list of companies that operate in this industry: ClimateImpactCare. Climateimpact.com. The company builds on the expertise, integrity and innovation of two companies that have led the voluntary carbon market – ClimateCare and Natural Capital Partners. They specialize in sustainable development projects that generate carbon credits. They aim to reduce 1 billion tonnes of CO2. Gold Standard. Goldstandard.org. Gold Standard-certified carbon credits fund climate protection projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create sustainable development benefits for the communities that need it most. Each Gold Standard project has a verified contribution to at least three of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. 3Degrees. 3degreesinc.com. The company partners with organizations worldwide to reduce their scope 2 emissions using high-quality energy attribute certificates (RECs in North America; other global EACs in other parts of the world). Carbonfund.org: Carbonfund helps individuals and businesses easily calculate and offset their environmental footprint. By purchasing credits,  persons and companies can support projects which bring co-benefits to our environment and surrounding communities. South Pole. southpole.com. South Pole works with clients across the private and public sectors on structuring and managing pools of capital that deliver climate assets and impact. Verra. Verra.org. Verra sets the world’s leading standards for climate action and sustainable development. The organization that develops and manages standards for carbon offset projects. They provide the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards. EDF Trading. Edftrading.com. EDF Trading is a major participant in the compliance and voluntary carbon markets and a significant provider of renewable energy solutions globally. The company is the trading arm of the EDF Group. They participate in the buying and selling of carbon credits

eCarbonZero report on the challenges from nature-based carbon credits. They are right in some ways but maybe this could be misleading. There is huge potential for real climate contributions in the forest sector and we can do it with high integrity (and CORSIA acceptability). See our Handbook on Natural Climate Solutions Crediting for a great introduction to the issues. https://lnkd.in/gXJ2ptBV I agree with them on project-based credits, which are hard for all sectors and often have little integrity in the voluntary carbon market (see https://lnkd.in/gTvm7xPn for guidance on how to identify the better ones. But jurisdictional credits can avoid these challenges. And this is especially true if companies are not claiming 'carbon neutrality' or that they are 'offsetting' emissions but simply that they are making a significant good-faith climate contribution. #ccqi #naturebased #carboncredits #climate Christine Gerbode Pedro Martins Barata Ruben Lubowski https://lnkd.in/gpBhjcRu

Looking forward to this webinar on the “moral hazard” of carbon capture (carbon dioxide removal). #Æon Blue makes renewable hydrocarbons that are #carbonnegative #efuels in a basket of value adding, carbon absorbing coproducts. We call them #æfuels. Find us on the web (link in the comments)! eMail us at info@aeonbluetechnologies.com, dm us via InMails, and follow our LinkedIn page here: Aeon Blue