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👋🏾How do we support our clients surrounding carbon credit due diligence? Our expert Paulien Veen discusses how we “remove doubts in carbon accounting of pre-selected carbon activities and investments to assure net reductions and removal achievement (including, but not limited to, baseline, additionality, social and environmental safeguards, financial viability).” Learn more about Paulien’s expertise surrounding carbon credit due diligence below. 👩🏼🏫 Expert: Paulien Veen 💡 Title: Head of Carbon Market Services 🧠 Key expertise in this field: • Carbon Capture & Storage methodologies • Carbon credit generation • Regulatory frameworks and corporate net-zero strategies 🌱 From desk-based research to stakeholder interviews and site visits, we ensure your carbon investments meet the highest standards, mitigating risks and enhancing project credibility. For more information on our services, contact info: butzengeiger@perspectives.cc Graph & stats credit: https://lnkd.in/eFuPZ6BP more quickly than their peers. #carboncreditduediligence #carboncreditconsulting #duediligenceconsulting

🎺The UNFCCC-led Paris Agreement Credit Mechanism (PACM) is becoming fully operational, following decisions taken at COP29 held in Baku.👏🏽Host countries have a crucial role to play in advancing the roll-out of the new mechanism, by approving the transition of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) activities to the PACM. Recognizing their new responsibilities under the Paris Agreement, host countries should pay close attention to whether activities requesting transition contribute meaningfully to their NDCs. If yes, there are several steps required to seize this opportunity to leverage the potential of the Article 6.4 Mechanism. 📝 Host countries must ensure the submission of the Host Party Participation Requirements for the PACM [🔗 find the form here: https://lnkd.in/eYqjr5JZ] as a prerequisite before submitting a request for transition approval. 📝 Host countries must also complete and submit the CDM activity transition approval form to the UNFCCC secretariat by 31 December 2025. 📝 Important reminder: approving activity transition is only the first step on the journey towards generating A6.4 carbon credits. Host countries later will also need to authorize their use separately´– meaning that greenlighting activity transition now does not jeopardize their prerogative to take decisions on authorisation later on, but accelerates the roll-out of the PACM. This is especially important for countries that are still working on their A6 institutional frameworks and associated procedures. 📋 For new PACM activities, the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body (SBM) is set to expedite work on standards, tools, and guidelines, with a particular focus on updating CDM baseline and monitoring methodologies. Using these new A6.4 methodologies enables the submission and eventual registration of new PACM activities, expected in 2025. For more insights on the transition from the CDM to the PACM, please check out the work of the Climate Finance Innovators project, led by Perspectives and our partners➡️https://lnkd.in/etBgvrSb 🎥 For a comprehensive overview and expert insights on the key takeaways from COP29, check out Perspectives Climate Group's recent webinar on COP29 outcomes. It offers valuable information to help host country representatives and other stakeholders understand these far-reaching climate policy developments. 🔗 WATCH the webinar here https://lnkd.in/ebvHH8ev #COP29 #Article6 #ClimateAction #CDM #HostCountries #ClimateGovernance #CarbonMarkets #ParisAgreement #PACM #Article6.4 #Webinar #ClimateLeadership #UNFCCC

🎺Good tidings for the end of the year! Our management shares a few thoughts for the New Year in 2025 ❄️

🎺Good tidings for the end of the year! Our management shares a few thoughts for the New Year in 2025 ❄️

🗙🌱Deep fraud through fake Chinese carbon market projects – our Senior Founding Partner, Axel Michaelowa, gives an interview to Deutsche Welle and ZDF for their investigation. The investigation details how German auditors helped Chinese fraudsters 🪙 to invent emission reduction projects in China. The auditors claimed having visited projects that, in reality, did not exist or were certified for much higher emission reductions than were actually achieved. DW asks Axel for his expert opinion on one particularly blatant failure of the auditing process: “The project should have never been approved. It’s not acceptable for the plant to already exist…The audit firm should be suspended.” Axel speaks to a larger issue at hand, namely that auditors have an incentive to please the audited companies in order to get further assignments. The only solution to this problem is to allocate auditors to companies that are to be audited through a lottery and conduct random checks of the audits through the regulators. 🎥Watch the full investigation documentary on YouTube here➡️https://lnkd.in/d3zB5kgZ 

Due diligence plays an important role in securing your⚖️investments! Does your project meet the additionality requirements of Art. 6, ICVCM or the new Verra tool on additionality assessment?🫱🏽✅Connect with us today and ensure your investment is aligned with the latest trends and future standards. Perspectives offers independent due diligence services tailored for private sector companies aiming to purchase carbon credits or invest in companies/projects.  Our team will provide you with an in-depth assessment of:  🚨 Carbon credit issuance risks  🌱 Environmental integrity  👌 Reputational aspects   ⭐ Likelihood of achieving projected credit issuance Contact: butzengeiger@perspectives.cc #carboncreditduediligence #carboncreditconsulting #duediligenceconsulting #additionalityrequirements #Article6

🌍 Did you miss our annual post-COP webinar? The recording is now available on YouTube! 🎥 📌 Key topics covered: The main priorities of COP29 The strategic approach of the Azerbaijani presidency Notable side agreements and financial pledges Highlights from the negotiations A forward-looking discussion on COP30 Watch it now 🎬 https://lnkd.in/dYx7Yjjv #COP29 #postCOPwebinar #ClimateNegotiations

💡 Carbon projects often struggle to demonstrate ‘additionality’. Why is this a risk 🚨for carbon credit issuance, and what can be done to mitigate this risk? Our expert Axel Michaelowa answers below ⬇️🌱 “Many high-profile scandals in international carbon markets were caused by non-additional projects. If a project already is highly commercially attractive in the absence of revenues from carbon credit sales, it is not additional. You need to understand the investment environment in a host country to properly assess project additionality. If a project only argues that it removes barriers in a qualitative way, the additionality risk is substantial.” Struggling to understand 'additionality risks'? We are here to support you! Learn more about Axel’s expertise surrounding carbon credit due diligence below. 👨🏻🏫 Expert: Axel Michaelowa 💡 Title: Senior Partner & Carbon Market Veteran 🧠 Key expertise in this field: • International carbon market design • Host country approvals and policy • Project assessment From desk-based research to stakeholder interviews and site visits, we ensure your carbon investments meet the highest standards, mitigating risks and enhancing project credibility. For more information on our services, CONTACT➡️ butzengeiger@perspectives.cc #carboncreditduediligence #carboncreditconsulting #duediligenceconsulting

💡 Responsible research into Solar Radiation Modification is essential for understanding both its risks and potential benefits, ensuring evidence informs decisions. Three key reports on SRM were released under the Scientific Advice Mechanism to provide recommendations to the European Commission. Read our article below ⬇️ Axel Michaelowa Matthias Honegger François Pougel

Engaging in carbon projects? Connect with us today!💡 "What are the most relevant voluntary carbon market developments for carbon projects?" Our expert Hanna-Mari Ahonen provides her opinion below ⬇ “The voluntary carbon market is aligning with compliance markets and the Paris Agreement, meanwhile, requirements for environmental and social integrity are becoming more stringent across the board. They will also continue to evolve over time. This makes project design and implementation more challenging but higher quality also means lower risks, higher prices and broader buyer bases. ” Connect with us and learn more about Hanna’s expertise surrounding carbon credit due diligence below. 👩🏻🦰 Expert: Hanna-Mari Ahonen  💡 Title: Senior Voluntary Carbon Market & Art. 6 Expert   🧠 Key expertise in this field:   • Good practices for the voluntary carbon market  • Integrity standards for carbon credits  • Regulation and guidance for climate claims    🌱 From desk-based research to stakeholder interviews and site visits, we ensure your carbon investments meet the highest standards, mitigating risks and enhancing project credibility.  For more information on our services, contact info: butzengeiger@perspectives.cc  #carboncreditduediligence #carboncreditconsulting #duediligenceconsulting #carbonprojects