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A web·guide to the glocal environment

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Climate change hub > Mitigation >

Contents below:

     · General information

       · Institutions:

              ~ Registries

              ~ International organizations

              ~ NGOs

Also see:

     · Carbon accounting, tracking & calculators

       · Flying

         · Forests & climate change

           · Ecosystem services & payments for ecosystem services

General information

Carbon Offset Guide

Carbon offsets @ David Suzuki Foundation

Carbon offsets @ NativeEnergy

GoClimateNeutral

23 times carbon offsets were found to be dodgy @ Australia Institute

International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC)

Jet-Set Offset

     · "Join the movement for greener travel. Sign up once to donate one cent per mile to your favorite

       environmental cause – every time you fly."

Klick Foundation for Climate Protection and Carbon Offset

     · “Estab­lished by the Swiss Petro­leum Asso­ci­ation (today Avenergy Suisse) in 2012 within the

     framework of the Swiss CO₂ Law, the Foundation for Climate Protection and Carbon Offset

      (KliK) is the sector-wide carbon offset grouping.“

Natural Capital Partners

North Atlantic Skies @ NATS

Ostrya Conservation

South Pole

State of Voluntary Carbon Markets

Terra Global Capital

TerraCarbon

TerraPass

Ucapture

Vertis Environmental Finance

Wildlife Works


Institutions

~ Registries ~

American Carbon Registry

Climate Action Reserve

     · “As the premier carbon offset registry for the North American carbon market, the Climate Action Reserve encourages action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by ensuring the environmental integrity and financial benefit of emissions reduction projects.“

Gold Standard

Verra

     Verified Carbon Standard

     Verra Registry


~ International organizations ~

United Nations

     High-Level Expert Group on Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities

     UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

UN Carbon Offsets Platform

Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)


~ Governmental ~

California Tropical Forest Standard


~ Private sector ~

3Degrees

Anew

     · Formed by a merger between Element Markets and Bluesource

Climate Impact Partners

ClimeCo

EcoAct

EnKing International

Finite Carbon

First Climate


~ Trade associations ~

Climate Markets & Investment Association

~ Research ~

CoolClimate Network


~ NGOs ~

Cool Effect

     · “We started in 1998 with clean-burning cookstoves. Since then, we’ve grown into a globally recognized non-profit platform that’s

     successfully reducing carbon pollution."

International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA)

International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

myclimate

Nature Conservancy

     · Climate change: How you can help

          · Contains a range of information on carbon offsets

Second Nature

     Offset Network

Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets (TSVCM) @ Institute of International Finance (IIF)

World Banks State and Trends of Carbon Pricing

Carbon offsets

Carbon offsets have been defined as credits “for greenhouse gas reductions achieved by one party that can be purchased and used to compensate (offset) the emisions of another party.”