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Climate Focus provides an array of services to help you get insights into international or national climate policy, assess a carbon market opportunity, or develop emission reduction protocols.
Climate law and regulation is expanding as countries adopt regional and national laws to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by shifting to less carbon-intensive industries and cleaner methods of production. On the international level, negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are issuing guidance and policy directives on the road to a post-2012 agreement.
Mitigating and adapting to climate change requires concerted global action. International and national policy makers are challenged to design laws and policies for a low-carbon development path and define accounting frameworks at the international level. The challenge is devising policy instruments that provide appropriate mitigation and adaptation incentives for a broad array of stakeholders, including governments, private sector, civil society and local communities.
Arranging carbon finance requires intimate knowledge of the carbon market and a track record in project finance. A menu of financing options and financial instruments are available for carbon projects from equity investments, loan backed carbon instruments and forward sales.
The best time to make GHG emission reductions part of your project is in the design phase. Starting at the earliest possible time allows project developers to account for emission reductions when choosing technologies, developing monitoring systems, and securing financing. Foresight can often save significant time and resources during over a project lifetime and improve the chances of a successful outcome.
It is crucial to know the value and risks of a carbon asset given the complexity of carbon markets. Identifying and assessing carbon project and credits, often traded on a forward basis, allows projects investors to realize the full projected value of carbon assets in the future.
Professional training and capacity building is essential to assist governments and stakeholders effectively engage in climate change mitigation efforts and equitably explore new business opportunities. Climate Focus has trained a number of governments and private sector companies world-wide prepare for climate change policies and markets. Climate Focus has improved knowledge of public and private entities from government agencies to large corporation through tailored materials, trainings and workshops on climate change policy, technical and commercial issues.
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