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Climate Focus has been contracted by JSC “TNC Kazchrome” to assess options for monetizing the emission reductions from a waste gas utilisation project at the Aktobe Ferroalloy Plant in Kazakhstan.
Climate Focus and its partners Gaia and Triodos Facet, will assist Turkish Financial institutions in introducing and developing carbon finance products and services into their day-to-day operations.
Climate Focus and its partners Climate Wedge, Triodos Facet, and INCAE, are providing technical support to financial institutions in Latin America under IDB's beyondBanking programme, and its planetBanking initiative.
The consortium of Inclam, Fundación Bariloche and Climate Focus are developing this project for the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE). It is an innovative type of project that focuses on identifying and proposing strategies for the adaptation of hydroelectric systems in Central America to the effects of climate change in the region.
The Dutch Embassy in Bogota is seeking assistance from Climate Focus and its partners in Columbia and the Netherlands for a pre-assessment study of the possibilities of collaboration between Columbia and the Netherlands in low-carbon development and climate adaptation.
VCS is developing the groundbreaking Jurisdictional and Nested REDD Initiative to provide a pathway for scaling up REDD activities. The initiative is convening policymakers, practitioners and technical experts from around the world to develop guidelines for creating robust accounting frameworks that will allow for crediting REDD projects, policies and programs across national and sub-national jurisdictions.
The programme aims to develop and establish a sustainable biogas sector in Nicaragua. It will promote the acquisition and construction of biodigesters at households with livestock. Use of the biogas for cooking and lighting will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by displacing non-renewable biomass and fossil fuels (kerosene) and reducing methane emissions from manure.
The LEAF program helps its six core countries (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Vietnam) identify the most economical and effective ways to manage their land and forests and works through regional partnerships to replicate successful approaches. These partnerships also focus on developing common scientific standards and protocols and preparing countries for potential REDD+ activities.
On behalf of the Nordic Ad Hoc Group on Climate Change (NOAK) and the Nordic Environmental Finance Corporation (NEFCO) Climate Focus, together with Greenstream, is preparing a feasibility study for the development of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in Vietnam and Peru.
Climate Focus is helping Kazakhstan and other countries implement and operate their domestic Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) based on our experience working the European ETS since 2005.
The Nepalese government launched a programme in which households can benefit from state subsidies and technical support for the purchase and installation of biogas digesters and gas fired cooking stoves. Climate Focus is supporting the implementing agency in developing this initiative as a CDM Programme of Activities.
As part of the Forestry Development in Montenegro (FODEMO) Project funded by Lux-Development, Climate Focus prepared analyses of carbon market opportunities under FODEMO, focusing on NAMAs, CDM Program of Activities and REDD+ opportunities.
The REDD methodology modules project is the first coordinated effort to develop a set of "methodology modules" to estimate emission reductions from projects that Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD projects). The modules are being developed under the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS). They will be the most comprehensive REDD methodology under the VCS and support the development of a wide range of REDD project activities.
Recent update December 2010: Final VCSA approval achieved December 3rd, 2010
Climate Focus is helping Kenya become one of the first developing nations in Africa to receive REDD+ financing to conserve and restore its forests.
South Africa has abundant sunshine, yet only a tiny fraction is converted into useable energy. Climate Focus will change this through one of Africa’s first Programme of Activities (POA) installing solar water heaters across South Africa.
Can European Union member states host domestic offset projects? Climate Focus is facilitating discussions about how provisions under Article 24a of the amended Directive establishing a European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) can create incetives for the generation of domestic offsets within the EU.
Finding great investments in the carbon markets is a challenge. Our work for the Climate Cent Foundation secured profitable project investments around the world in the energy, transport, and agriculture sectors.
Can carbon finance create a cleaner, more efficient building sector in China? Climate Focus is testing programmatic approaches for the Clean Development Mechanism in Xiamen, China.
Frigid winters and warm summers drain energy and money from homes. Climate Focus and Lee International are helping the U.S. State of Maine use the carbon markets to finance the weatherization of low-income housing -- the first such project in the US. They recently received VCS approval of the new methodology - the first VCS methodology to cover energy efficiency measures in buildings.
The Rockefeller Foundation wanted to know how agriculture could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the lives of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. The Agricultural Carbon Facility study offers an answer.
More than 20 lawyers, most from developing countries, have come together in an initiative to develop a new Certified Emission Reduction Sale and Purchase Agreement (CERSPA) template. The objective of the initiative is to develop a simple, understandable and balanced CDM project agreement. The template agreement will assist sellers participate in the international carbon market on an equal footing with more experienced buyers.
Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, Climate Focus and McGuire Woods invite you to attend the DC Durban Debrief – a panel event exploring post-COP17 scenarios for Kyoto-based carbon mitigation, REDD+ and private sector market engagement. Read more...
On Tuesday, December 6th, with the support of Avoided Deforestation Partners, Winrock International, Climate Focus and Terra Carbon will host an open training workshop at COP17 in Durban, South Africa. The workshop will be a longer version of a similar workshop and webinar held in September 2011. Read more...
Climate Focus staff will be attending COP17 in Durban, South Africa between the 28th of November and the 9th of December. You can meet Robert O'Sullivan, Moritz von Unger and Anna Lehmann at various side events including the ones listed here.
Climate Focus, Gaia Carbon Finance and Triodos Facet together with the EBRD will assist Turkey to catch up in the carbon markets. The partnership will address market barriers with the objective of unlocking the potential that carbon market has in Turkey. Read more...
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