Deep in the Australian outback, there are billions of dollars being made from carbon farming. Remote stations that used to farm sheep or cattle are now doing nothing on their land —… Read More

Yesterday, California’s Air Resources Board held a public workshop to discuss the forest offset protocol and emerging science.  Big takeaways from a series of presentations by pro… Read More

Washington state’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) is set to begin January 1, 2023, providing another source of offset demand. The program will cap industrial facilities, fuel suppliers… Read More

Climate Forward’s Reforestation Project Forecast Methodology is currently in review after receiving public comments in 2019.  The methodology will award Forecasted Mitigation Unit… Read More

The California Air and Resources Board endorsed the Tropical Forest Standard (TFS) on September 19th after 10 years of research and negotiations. The standard outlines criteria for juri… Read More

Elizabeth Hardee, The Climate TrustAs published by The Solutions Journal, Vol 7, Issue 4, Pg 52-57 – July 2016 In Brief Carbon crediting holds the potential to incentivi… Read More

Peter Weisberg, The Climate TrustWeekly Policy and Finance Update, As published by Carbon-Pulse – August 21, 2017 Bottom line | The Climate Trust’s initial analysis indicate… Read More

Climate Forward, Climate Action Reserve’s program that issues credits to projects based on forecasted emissions reductions, was launched earlier this year. On September 25, C… Read More

Mik McKee, The Climate TrustJuly 31, 2017 On July 17, California legislators voted to continue the state’s cap and trade program until 2030. With this 10-year extension, the… Read More

Peter Weisberg, The Climate TrustOctober 27, 2017 With California’s cap and trade system in place through 2030 and explicit demand for offsets in the legislation, The Climate… Read More

By: Carol Pierson Holding   Even in the best case, the Paris climate talks will fail to reduce greenhouse gases below the level at which our world will be disastrously altered. So the N… Read More