Carbon Connection

Dentro del programa de la Reserva de Acción Climática, los protocolos son como reglamentos escritos que proporcionan una guía detallada sobre cómo se deben desarrollar los proyectos de compensación y cómo se cuantifican las reducciones de emisiones. En este episodio de" Cubriendo los conceptos básicos ", la Asociada Claudia Jurado revisará el contenido de un protocolo, cómo se utilizan los protocolos en la programación de la Reserva, así como el proceso de desarrollo del protocolo, el cual es fundamental para garantizar la integridad del programa.

¿Tienes curiosidad por saber más sobre los principios rectores detrás de la programación y las compensaciones de la Reserva de Acción Climática? En este episodio de " Cubriendo los conceptos básicos ", la Asociada Judy Gallegos nos explicará los principios básicos que guían nuestro programa y aseguran que las reducciones de emisiones de GEI certificadas por la Reserva sean de la más alta calidad.

Cuando se trata de compensaciones de GEI, la adicionalidad significa estar por encima de lo habitual. Pero, ¿cómo se establece la adicionalidad y por qué es tan importante para el mercado de carbono? En este episodio de 'Cubriendo los aspectos básicos', la Asociada Abbey Garcia nos explicará el concepto de adicionalidad, las formas de comprobarla y cómo se incorpora a cada uno de los protocolos de la Reserva de Acción Climática.

The Climate Action Reserve is the most trusted, efficient, and experienced offset registry for global carbon markets. With deep roots in California and reach across North America, the Reserve encourages actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and works to ensure environmental benefit, integrity, and transparency in market-based solutions to address global climate change. Wrapping up this iteration of the Carbon Connection series, join our last and extra special guest, President of Climate Action Reserve Craig Ebert, as he shares outlooks and expectations for the Reserve, as well as future expansion opportunities as we head into 2023. Craig also highlights the significance of the Reserve's role in the carbon market and addresses critiques of carbon offsets and the urgency for action. We hope you've enjoyed this series with our internal experts and stay tuned for more information on our next series of Carbon Connection coming soon!

Since 2008, Climate Action Reserve has worked closely with actors across Mexico – including government agencies, NGOs, and ejido communities – to develop protocols that generate high quality offsets and comply with the Reserve's rigorous standards, while further aligning those protocols with the laws, norms, and on the ground conditions in Mexico. The Mexico Forest Protocol was developed in partnership with these stakeholders as an instrument to channel resources into the forest sector in Mexico, especially as 70% of all forests in Mexico are on communally owned lands. For the second time around, we are thrilled to feature Director of Latin America Amy Kessler as she reviews the recently updated Mexico Forest Protocol and its ability to incentivize activities that increase sequestration and long-term carbon storage, while further providing greater environmental and social benefits to ejidos. Amy also discusses what has made the Reserve's collaborative work in Mexico successful and what the near-term future holds.

Wildfires are a part of nature, serving as agents of change and revitalization that enable healthy forests, ecosystems, and biodiversity. Although we need wildfires, climate change is dramatically increasing their frequency and severity, which can have tragic impacts to community health and safety, infrastructure, forest health and wildlife habitat. In response to this threat of high intensity wildfires, the Climate Action Reserve is excited to be developing the Avoided Wildfire Emissions (AWE) Forecast Methodology through the Climate Forward program, which describes fuel treatment activities that can be implemented to mitigate wildfire behavior and enhance fire resiliency. Join Forestry Manager Marissa Spence in this next episode of Carbon Connection as she breaks down AWE and shares more on the anticipated climate benefits that can be generated by the carbon market and fuel treatment activities through our new methodology expected to be released this Fall.

When it comes to offsets, additionality means above business as usual. But how is additionality established and why is it so important to the carbon market? In this ‘Covering Your Basics' episode, join Business Development Manager Lauren Wilson as she explains the concept of additionality, ways to test for it, and how it is incorporated into each of Climate Action Reserve's protocols.

Are you curious to learn more about the driving principles behind the Climate Action Reserve's programming and offsets? In this ‘Covering Your Basics' episode, join Business Development Manager Lauren Wilson as she explains the core tenets that guide our program and ensure GHG emission reductions certified by the Reserve are of the highest quality.

Within Climate Action Reserve's program, protocols are like rulebooks. They provide detailed guidance for how offset projects must be developed and how emissions reductions are counted. In this ‘Covering Your Basics' episode, join Business Development Manager Lauren Wilson as she reviews what's outlined in a protocol, how protocols are used in the Reserve's programming, as well as the protocol development process that is critical to ensuring the program's integrity.

The term “ozone depleting substances” refers to a large group of chemicals known to destroy the stratospheric ozone layer when released into the atmosphere. ODS were historically used in a wide variety of applications including refrigerants, foam blowing agents, solvents, and fire suppressants. In addition to their potency, ODS exhibit high global warming potentials (GWP), ranging from several hundred to several thousand times that of carbon dioxide. Next up in Carbon Connection, Associate Director of Programs Holly Davison reviews Climate Action Reserve's U.S. Ozone Depleting Substances Protocol, including how it operates under the State of California's compliance Cap-and-Trade Program. Tune in as Holly highlights the climate benefits brought to the global community by destroying ODS permanently and the offset credit generation potential from ODS projects under Climate Action Reserve.

Forests cover 31% of land on our planet. As a natural carbon sink, they provide a solution to climate change by sequestering and storing carbon directly from the atmosphere. However, when a forest is disturbed through natural events and human-based activities such as wildfire, disease, agricultural clearing, or logging, they emit carbon instead of absorbing, jeopardizing the critical role they play in climate mitigation. In this episode of Carbon Connection, Associate Director of Nature-Based Solutions Jon Remucal reviews our Climate Forward Reforestation Forecast Methodology and provides guidance on how to facilitate reforestation activities that can accelerate the re-growth of healthy forests. By conducting reforestation activities through the recently updated Reforestation Forecast Methodology, actors can do so in an economically feasible manner that provides upfront financial support for implementing a reforestation project. Actors also have a path for transferring the Climate Forward Credit, Forecasted Mitigation Units (FMUs) to the Reserve's voluntary offset program under a corresponding forest protocol for issuance of Climate Reserve Tonnes (CRTs).

Landfills are the third-largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions in the United States. Most municipal solid waste is deposited in landfills where bacteria decompose the organic material and produce landfill gas comprised of methane and carbon dioxide. If left unmanaged, this landfill gas is released into the atmosphere, disrupting community commitments to cleaner air and reductions in methane that cause global climate change. In this episode of Carbon Connection, Associate Director of Programs Holly Davison explores one of Climate Action Reserve's first offset protocols, the US Landfill Protocol, which to date has generated nearly 40 million offset credits. Join Holly to learn more about the process of collecting and destroying methane gas through eligible destruction devices at landfills and criteria for listing landfill offset projects with the Reserve.

Livestock operations in Mexico hold great potential to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation. When waste from livestock is left to decompose or degrade naturally, it emits methane into the atmosphere that otherwise could be captured or destroyed. Through the installation of biogas control systems, livestock farmers have an alternative to not only reduce the methane they produce but receive carbon credits for doing so. We are shaking things up a bit with this podcast episode and are releasing two different versions. If you're joining here, Business Development Manager Lauren Wilson will give a brief overview of our Mexico Livestock Protocol. In parallel, you can tune in to a special version of this episode conducted in Spanish and hosted by Analytical Associates Abbey Garcia and Aurelia Casarrubias as they review the protocol and discuss how biogas control systems can reduce methane emissions into the atmosphere, thereby improving local air quality and the livelihoods of farming communities.

Las operaciones ganaderas en México tienen un gran potencial para contribuir a la mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático. Cuando los desechos del ganado se dejan descomponer o degradar de forma natural, emiten metano a la atmósfera que de otra forma podría ser capturado o destruido. Mediante la instalación de sistemas de control de biogás, como biodigestores y antorchas, los ganaderos tienen una alternativa no sólo para reducir el metano que producen, sino para recibir créditos de carbono por ello. En este episodio especial de Carbon Connection realizado en español, los asociados analíticos Abbey García y Aurelia Casarrubias repasan el Protocolo Ganadero de México de la Reserva y analizan cómo los sistemas de control de biogás pueden reducir las emisiones de metano a la atmósfera, mejorando así la calidad del aire local y los medios de vida de las comunidades agrícolas.

Mangrove forests are critical to addressing climate change due to the ecosystem services they provide. Mangroves create habitat for fisheries and diverse flora and fauna, act as a natural barrier to storms, and prevent runoff or soil erosion, in addition to their significant carbon sequestration potential. In this inaugural episode of Carbon Connection, we talk to Director of Latin America, Amy Kessler about the Manglares San Crisanto/San Crisanto Mangroves project, the Climate Action Reserve's first ever mangrove offset project registered through the Mexico Forest Protocol, and the significance it will have on the local ejido community. To learn more about mangrove forests and their importance to ecosystems, please check out the Climate Action Reserve's infographic.