On April 24, 2019 the Reserve Board of Directors approved the U.S. Landfill Project Protocol Version 5.0. The protocol update includes a revised Performance Standard Test and updated guidance and additional flexibility for monitoring, reporting, and verification, particularly with respect to continuous reporting and monitoring instrument QA/QC. The update also incorporates previously released errata and... View Article

Forest carbon projects represent a 100-year commitment under the Reserve's voluntary offset program, as well as California's compliance offset program. However, lands change hands, service contracts end, and forests continue to grow and change. With all these variables at play, how can landowners best navigate the requirements of the program, while still planning for the... View Article

The Reserve is pleased to announce the release of the Urban Forest Management Project Protocol Version 1.1. Numerous minor updates have been made to enhance usability and work toward improving project feasibility. The most significant of these changes include: the addition of default ratio estimators by Assessment Area (used for calculating a relationship between canopy... View Article

The Reserve has partnered with Viresco Solutions to develop a Grassland Project Protocol for eligible projects in Canada. The protocol will provide guidance on how to quantify, monitor, report, and verify GHG emission reductions associated with the avoided conversion of grassland to cropland. Please join us for a public webinar to discuss the draft Canada... View Article

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 10:00 am - 12:00 pm ET Register to attend the in-person workshop in conjunction with Carbon Forum North America, NYC or via webinar Background issue paper Agenda Throughout their history, carbon markets have attempted to incentivize GHG emission reductions and removal enhancements on natural landscapes, largely through the protection and improved... View Article

October 8, 2019 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm PT Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8560817726964990732 The Climate Action Reserve will be holding the first meeting for the Adipic Acid Production Project Protocol Version 1.0 workgroup process on Tuesday, October 8, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm PT. In the first workgroup meeting to advise the development of the... View Article

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 8:00 am - 4:00 pm PT (10:00 am - 6:00 pm Mexico City time) Cost: $320/person Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8289609989524362764 Description: English: This online training course should be taken by any verifier interested in providing lead verifier or senior internal reviewer services for projects under the Mexico Forest Protocol. The training will... View Article

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wednesday, October 16, 2019 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT / 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT via Webinar Agenda and participation instructions

Cities play a crucial role in delivering climate solutions that are needed to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement. If cities are to drive the rapid and systemic change the Paris Agreement prescribes, it is crucial there is a clear guidance for cities on what citywide carbon neutrality looks like and how to implement... View Article

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 9:00 am - 3:30 pm PT (11:00 am – 5:30 pm Mexico City time) Location: Online via Gotowebinar (en línea vía Gotowebinar) Cost: $260/person Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5548572581500309261 Event description: The General Verification Training is a mandatory course for Lead Verifiers wishing to perform verification of Reserve projects. The training will cover... View Article

Mexico Forest Protocol Workgroup Meeting 1 (conducted in Spanish) Este seminario web es para el grupo de trabajo experto de partes interesadas del Protocolo Forestal para México Versión 2.0. Revisaremos los cambios en el protocolo y responderemos a las preguntas de los interesados. El seminario web será en español. Regístrese aquí: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2240634675365141005

Thursday, October 31, 2019 10:00 am - 2:00 pm PT Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7039179396200864012 The Adipic Acid Production Project Protocol Version 1.0 will provide guidance on how to quantify, monitor, report, and verify nitrous oxide (N2O) emission reductions at adipic acid plants. The Reserve will be holding the second meeting for the Adipic Acid Production Project... View Article

The Reserve partnered with Viresco Solutions to develop a Grassland Project Protocol for eligible projects in Canada. The protocol provides guidance on how to quantify, monitor, report, and verify GHG emission reductions associated with the avoided conversion of grassland to cropland. This protocol development effort has been funded in part by the Canadian Forage and... View Article

In the second workgroup meeting to advise the development of the Climate Action Reserve's Adipic Acid Production Project Protocol, the Reserve will present and solicit feedback on the draft protocol on a section by section basis. Register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1631440362682409740

Global attention is on the upcoming UNFCCC climate change conference, COP25, hosted by Chile in Madrid, Spain from December 2-13. With heightened awareness and concern regarding parties’ commitments and meaningful climate action, many have high hopes for the activity and results coming out of COP25. The main focus will be on Article 6, and once... View Article

The Climate Action Reserve is hosting a public webinar to present the newly adopted Forest Project Protocol v5.0, highlighting key changes from Version 4.0 of the Forest Project Protocol. Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5950129622187278605

Discusión sobre el reglamento del Sistema de Comercio de Emisiones de México y estrategias para su cumplimiento (en español) Jueves 21 de noviembre 10:00 am - 11:00 am (CDMX) Registro: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2156460463212594700 Lo invitamos a un seminario en línea gratuito donde podrá aprender sobre las reglas finales del Sistema de Comercio de México, publicadas el 1... View Article

The Reserve has released a new version of the Reserve Offset Program Manual. The Reserve Offset Program Manual summarizes the Reserve's overarching principles, general project accounting guidelines, and rules and procedures for registering projects and creating offset credits for the voluntary market. Participants in the Reserve program for the voluntary carbon market, including project developers... View Article