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"Because of what we accomplished in the UAE 🇦🇪 Consensus, with a transition away from fossil fuel and accelerating in this decade, and sticking with 1.5 as close as we possibly can, I believe we have this incredible new blueprint for what everybody needs to be doing." - John Kerry in his remarks upon receiving the ACR Climate Leadership Award from Mary Grady.

🌳🌲🌳 Project-Specific Dynamic Baselines Enhance Precision in Improved Forest Management (IFM)    Are you an interested project developer?     ACR’s latest IFM version 2.1 is fundamentally the same workable approach that has been applied to millions of acres of forest already across the U.S. and Canada, with enhanced requirements for rigor and precision.     Kurt Krapfl, ACR’s Forestry Director, shares a few of the core innovations in the updated methodology, in particular Project-Specific Dynamic Baselines, in this Carbon Markets 101 blog.     Read the blog here:    https://lnkd.in/eX8Jxu5H 

🌳 STORIES FROM PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS USING CARBON MARKETS TO FINANCE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS 🚧    To highlight the positive impacts of carbon projects using ACR methodologies, we recently launched a new series of case studies.    The first two case studies are:    ➡ Tomah Highlands Forestry from Anew Climate     ➡ Thailand Carbon Project from Tradewater    You can read the case studies at the link and look out for more stories to follow:    https://lnkd.in/eE6_eSA7 

💡 Companies can take responsibility for the emissions they cannot reduce by purchasing and retiring high-quality carbon credits.    ❗ Here’s why now is the time to act:    ▶ Carbon market integrity is converging on a clear definition.     Across civil society and governmental bodies and private organizations, definitions of “high-integrity” are now widely shared and integrated into carbon markets. While there is more work to do, a clear framework is emerging for companies to engage.    ▶ Climate change is an urgent issue.     It is already affecting all parts of our economy, from supply chain disruptions to employee health. In the climate fight, speed matters.    To find out more about the business case, and the Reduce and Invest campaign, visit:     ⏩ https://lnkd.in/eKmmdJcD    #ReduceANDInvest 

Our communications director, Brad Kahn, offers thoughts on the clear path forward for corporate use of carbon credits. We need a bias towards action.

10 ways carbon markets make more climate action possible:     1) They reduce mitigation costs and increase climate ambition.  2) They are essential to meet Paris Agreement goals.  3) They make climate action a business imperative.  4) They protect threatened ecosystems.  5) They address more than carbon dioxide.  7) They can benefit Indigenous People and local communities.  8) They generate a broad range of co-benefits.  9) They drive policy change.  10) They offer models for the world to learn from.    ⏩ Do you want to understand more about what these mean?  https://lnkd.in/gz2Sdusj 

ACR has published version 2.0 of the Tool for Reversal Risk Analysis and Buffer Pool Contribution Determination. The updated version of the Risk Tool leverages published, publicly available, and geographically specific mapping datasets to determine natural disturbance risks and associated Buffer Pool Contribution Percentages. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gSJ7fq6Y

✅ Do you know what determines a high-quality carbon credit?     The ACR Standard and our portfolio of methodologies ensure that the carbon credits ACR issues represent emission reductions and removals that are real, additional, determined by robust quantification, net of leakage, permanent, independently verified, transparent, and that there is no double counting. These terms are typically used to define a carbon credit that is high quality.     To help stakeholders communicate about high-quality carbon credits, ACR created an infographic that simply and accurately defines the key terms. Please read more about the eight elements that make up a high-quality carbon credit here:    https://lnkd.in/dcWcfUe6 

Our friends at Nature4Climate have posted this useful primer from COP29 defining some of the jargon: COP, NDC, NCQG, REDD+ and more. Thank you! https://lnkd.in/gNSkhgw4

💡 At ACR, we know it’s better when it’s balanced.    ❗ Carbon credits are essential climate solutions because every business has an unavoidable carbon footprint. That is why “net zero” is a pragmatic goal in line with the Paris Agreement, while “absolute zero” is unrealistic, now and until there are drastic advancements in decarbonization at scale.     Now is the time for companies to take greater responsibility for the emissions they cannot reduce by purchasing and retiring high-quality carbon credits.     Reduce and invest is a new strategic mantra for every business leader. Find out more about the Reduce and Invest campaign here:    ⏩ https://lnkd.in/eKmmdJcD     #reduceANDinvest