Urban Forestry Projects in the Climate Action Reserve

Title: Urban Forestry Projects in the Climate Action Reserve
Location: Online Webinar
Description:

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/614041497

The Climate Action Reserve has recently released a ground-breaking new protocol for calculating the carbon reductions from urban forestry and is now pleased to offer this webinar specifically focused on developing urban forestry projects.

The Climate Action Reserve ensures the environmental integrity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction projects and instills confidence and credibility in the U.S. carbon market. It does this by establishing respected reduction project protocols, registering GHG reduction projects, and tracking the transaction of carbon credits in a transparent, publicly-accessible system. The Climate Action Reserve has earned recognition as one of the most highly valued offset registries in the U.S., and now its reach has expanded to the global carbon offset market.

Topics will include:

An overview of the Reserve
How protocols are developed
A detailed look at the Urban Forestry protocol
Opening an account
Registering projects
Verification
Trading

This webinar is designed for cities, universities, utilities and other organizations undertaking urban forestry programs. It is free and open to all. The presentation will last approximately one hour with a 30 minute Q&A session following.

After registering, all attendees will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. For more information about this webinar or the Climate Action Reserve, please contact Max DuBuisson at max@climateactionreserve.org.

Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-05-20
End Time: 11:30

Introduction to the Climate Action Reserve

Title: Introduction to the Climate Action Reserve
Location: Online Webinar
Link out: Click here
Description:

The Climate Action Reserve is the new name for the California Climate Action Registry. This program is setting the standard for transparency and environmental integrity in tracking and registering greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction projects. The one hour webinar will provide a general overview of the Reserve, including:

How protocols are developed
Current protocols and those in development
The Reserve’s approach to calculating GHG reductions
Opening an account
Registering projects
Verification
Trading

This webinar is designed for project developers, potential buyers, brokers, and any one else with an interest in the Reserve. It is free of charge. The presentation will last approximately 45 minutes, allowing 15 minutes for Q&A.

Wed, May 6, 2009 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT

Once registered you will receive an email confirming your registration
with information you need to join the Webinar.

System Requirements

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Start Time: 10:00
Date: 05-06-2009
End Time: 11:00

Introduction to the Climate Action Reserve

Title: Introduction to the Climate Action Reserve
Location: Online Webinar
Register Here: Click here
Description:

The Climate Action Reserve is a new initiative of the California Climate Action Registry that is setting a new standard for transparency and environmental integrity in tracking and registering greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction projects. This one hour webinar will provide a general overview of the Reserve, including:

How protocols are developed
Current protocols and those in development
The Reserve’s approach to calculating GHG reductions
Opening an account
Registering projects
Verification
Trading

Click the following link to register for this event : https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/975632902

Once registered you will receive an email confirming your registration
with information you need to join the Webinar.

System Requirements

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-06-11
End Time: 11:00

Climate Action Reserve becomes parent organization to the California Climate Action Registry and two other programs

New organizational structure supports national and international growth

SAN DIEGO, CA – The Climate Action Reserve announced it has become the successor organization to the California Climate Action Registry, formerly a private nonprofit organization committed to solving climate change through emissions reporting and reduction. The Reserve has now filled the role of being the parent organization – with private nonprofit status – working to ensure environmental benefit, integrity and progressive movement in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and policies, and the California Climate Action Registry is a program under its umbrella.

The organizational evolution is the final step in the process of transitioning the California Registry out of GHG emissions inventory reporting. Any success in reporting and reducing emissions must be based on consistent data in an integrated system that stretches beyond California’s borders, and to support this, the California Registry is transitioning all emissions reporting to its sister organization, The Climate Registry. However, the California Registry will continue operating as a program under the Reserve that supports its members and represents them to the State of California.

In addition to the California Registry, two other programs belong to the Climate Action Reserve. The Center for Climate Action program operates under the mission of advancing climate policy. The Climate Action Reserve program was launched May 2008 and is the premiere carbon offset registry for the U.S. carbon market. Under the scope of the Climate Action Reserve parent organization, these programs are able to operate on national and international levels. This is a reach unable to be attained previously.

The introduction of the Climate Action Reserve nonprofit organization is a milestone event. It illustrates expansion of our mission and goals and the recognition of our work. It also represents a new world of opportunity in which high standards for environmental benefit, integrity and credibility are ensured in an offset market across the U.S. and beyond its borders,” said Linda Adams, Chair of the Climate Action Reserve Board of Directors and Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency.

The Climate Action Reserve is a U.S. private nonprofit organization representing international interests in addressing climate change and bringing together participants from the government, environment and business sectors. It works to ensure environmental benefit, integrity and transparency in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting and reduction and progressive movement in GHG emissions policy nationally and in the Western U.S. The Climate Action Reserve is parent to three programs, the California Climate Action Registry, Climate Action Reserve and Center for Climate Action. As the subsequent organization of the California Climate Action Registry, the Climate Action Reserve continues building on the California Registry’s reputation as a respected and internationally recognized leader in climate change issues.

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Environmental organizations line up behind the Climate Action Reserve

Jointly signed letter singles out the Reserve for unmatched credibility and transparency; commitment to strong environmental safeguards

SAN DIEGO, CA – The Climate Action Reserve, the premiere carbon offset registry for the North American carbon market, announced it earned a letter of support from some of the country’s most respected environmental organizations. The announcement was made at the Navigating the American Carbon World conference here, amidst forecasts for the linking of certain regulatory-quality voluntary offsets programs in the U.S. with a future mandatory U.S. offset program.

The letter represents an unprecedented and unique honor. It states collective support for the establishment of the Climate Action Reserve to measure, track and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction projects in North America for use as voluntary emissions offsets. While the signatory organizations do not endorse the use of offsets for compliance with regulatory markets, they single out the Climate Action Reserve for its credibility, transparency and commitment to strong environmental safeguards.

The high degree of credibility and transparency achieved by the Reserve is currently unmatched by any other registry. Therefore, we believe that the Reserve currently provides the best available option for project developers, and consumers in the voluntary offsets market.

The letter signatories include:

Connie Best, Managing Director
The Pacific Forest Trust
Bernadette Del Chiaro, Director Clean Energy and Global Warming Programs
Environment California
Peter Miller, Senior Scientist
Natural Resources Defense Council
David Moulton, Director Climate Policy and Conservation Funding
The Wilderness Society
Erin Rogers, Western Region Climate Campaign Manager
Union of Concerned Scientists
Rob Sargeant, Energy Program Director
Environment America
Carl Zichella, Director of Western Renewable Programs
Sierra Club

“These environmental organizations recognize that while voluntary emissions offsets are not adequate to stopping global warming on their own, they are an important part of the solution as they can deliver environmental benefits above and beyond mandatory limits. Considering this, we felt it was important to recognize and support a program that we believe ensures that offsets actually achieve true environmental benefits,” Miller said.
“We are truly honored to be supported by some of the most notable and highly respected individuals and organizations in the environmental movement today. Through public involvement, transparent processes and wide-industry participation, we have established the Climate Action Reserve as an offsets program that provides environmental benefit, integrity and credibility while still encouraging financial value in the voluntary offset market. This letter of support provides tremendous validation of this work, and we will strive to continue to raise these standards as we expand our offset protocols across North America,” said Linda Adams, Chair of the Climate Action Reserve Board of Directors and Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency.

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Annual Conference

Title: Annual Conference
Location: San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina
Start Date: 04-02-2009
End Date: 04-03-2009
Description:

The California Climate Action Registry and Point Carbon invite you to join us in April for the 7th annual conference.

This two day event provides innovative insight into navigating climate programs across the globe. Participants will gain new perspectives to help chart their company’s carbon-friendly course into the future. Questions about the conference or sponsorship inquiries? Please contact Sarah Tatiana Hernandez at (213) 785-1235

Members Meeting

Title: Members Meeting
Location: San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina (NOTE: Conference hotel rooms are going FAST so book yours NOW!)
Description: Verifiers are invited to attend the CCAR Members Meeting.

Agenda includes:

Program update from CCAR President, Gary Gero
Update on reporting to CARB
Best practices in reporting, verification and emission reductions
Q&A on member transitioning to The Climate Registry
Feedback to CCAR

Download Agenda: Agenda For CCAR Members Meeting

Immediately following the general session, lunch will be served in parallel with a photo opportunity for Climate Action Leaders to receive their certificate directly from Registry Board Chair and Secretary of the California EPA, Linda Adams. There will be a $30 charge to attend, as catered lunch is provided.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-04-01
End Time: 13:00

Climate Action Reserve makes milestone expansion of carbon credit program

New York landfill becomes first carbon reduction project to earn credits outside of California

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Climate Action Reserve, CCAR’s premiere carbon offset registry for the US carbon market, announced that it has issued its first carbon credits for a project located outside of California. These credits, known as Climate Reserve Tonnes (CRT), also represent the first to be issued under the Climate Action Reserve’s Landfill Project Reporting Protocol. This is a milestone expansion of its program of credits, which meet the highest standards for quality and integrity.

The credits were issued to the Development Authority of the North County (DANC) Landfill Gas Destruction Project. The project, located in Rodman, New York, is a sanitary landfill that combusts and generates electricity from food waste, garden and park waste, wood, paper and textiles, plastics, concrete, metal and other inert waste. Detailed information regarding the project is available on the Climate Action Reserve website.

“We are pleased to see the Reserve has issued credits to the DANC landfill project,”

said Ron Luhur, Carbon Markets Specialist for Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

“After rigorously reviewing more than 70 projects against our quality criteria for credible offsets, the DANC is one of 11 projects featured on CarbonOffsetList.org, EDF’s independent guide to credible offset projects. These selected projects were reviewed by a committee of independent experts and thought leaders in science, engineering and public policy.”

The DANC Landfill Gas Destruction Project qualifies for CRTs under the Landfill Project Reporting Protocol, which provides guidance to quantify and report GHG emission reductions associated with installing a landfill gas collection and destruction system at landfill operations. Like all of the Climate Action Reserve’s protocols, the Landfill Project Reporting Protocol was developed through a thorough, transparent process and upholds its projects to the highest standards. The quality and credibility of the protocol help influence CRTs’ high market selling prices.

“We are extremely pleased to announce the first CRTs issued both outside of California and under the Landfill Project Reporting Protocol. The DANC project represents the first of many upcoming projects that are going to expand the Reserve’s geographic reach and influence on a wide variety of high-quality, environmentally-sound carbon reduction projects,”

said Linda Adams, Chair of the CCAR Board of Directors and Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency.

“The project also represents a significant achievement toward our goal of 1.5 million real, permanent, and additional credits issued within the Reserve’s first year of operation.”

The Climate Action Reserve is a program of the California Climate Action Registry that provides accurate and transparent measurement, verification and tracking of greenhouse gas reduction projects and their inventories of Climate Reserve Tonnes (CRTs), assuring a high degree of environmental integrity in the voluntary carbon reduction market. For additional information, please visit http://www.caclimateregistry.org/reserve.

The California Climate Action Registry is a private nonprofit organization committed to solving climate change through emissions reporting and reduction. It serves as a voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) registry for entity-wide emission inventories and also establishes protocols for GHG emission reduction (offset) projects through its Climate Action Reserve program. The protocols are created through a rigorous, transparent process and are widely regarded as among the highest quality standards for offset projects. The Climate Action Reserve also accredits and oversees independent verifiers and tracks the transactions of project offset inventories, adding confidence and credibility to the voluntary carbon market. The accuracy, transparency and integrity of all of the California Registry’s standards have earned it the reputation as a respected and internationally recognized leader in climate change issues.

The California Climate Action Registry was originally formed by the State of California in 2001 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. For additional information, please visit www.caclimateregistry.org.

Reserve President testifies before Congress

On March 5, 2009, Climate Action Reserve President Gary Gero testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. In his testimony, he stressed the four guiding principles that are fundamental to the Reserve’s work and ensuring the integrity of any offsets program: accuracy, conservativeness, transparency and practicality. The full testimony is available here.

Photo credit: Adam Stern, TerraPass