Focus Areas
We focus on project-based carbon emissions trading. From wind farms in China to improving energy efficiency in Ukraine’s industry, from forestry projects on Vanuatu to Chilean biomass energy plants, Climate Focus promotes the optimal use of carbon finance, as created by the Kyoto Protocol’s emissions trading facilities.
The Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty to combat global warming, sets forth stringent and legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), necessitating that virtually all industrialised countries commit substantial financial resources to achieve those targets.
The Kyoto Protocol is also the first international agreement to define economic instruments that assist nations in meeting their commitments. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) are based on the implementation of projects and the achievement of credits against projected baseline emissions. A third method, International Emissions Trading (IET), allows countries to transfer carbon credits between themselves. All three forms of emissions trading have great potential to channel investment and clean technology into developing countries and countries with economies in transition, i.e. former communist economies.
Climate Focus collaborates with partners and clients to make the most of opportunities created by emissions trading while targeting projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Focus also contributes intensely to the debates on the evolving rules of the carbon market.
Our projects centre around the following key areas:
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI)
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) combine cost-effective reductions of greenhouse gas emissions with investments in renewable energy, waste management, energy efficiency and other sustainable development projects. The quickly increasing number of CDM and JI projects also puts the mechanisms high on the agenda of international climate policy makers.
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Green Investment Schemes
Green Investment Schemes promote the trade of “greened” greenhouse gas emission allowances between countries by channeling trade revenues into environmental projects. Climate Focus staff are among the leading experts in designing these programs.
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Forestry
Forests have a significant impact on global warming. Climate Focus believes that policy makers, climate negotiaters and participants in the carbon market should recognise the essential role of forests to effectively and equitably combat climate change.
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