This section contains resources which explore the important roles and concepts associated with projects and programs within the NCS landscape. These resources were curated with help from Wildlife Works and Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART).
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- This paper walks the reader through the steps taken by project developers and communities once an initial project idea is identified, all the way to the issuance of credits.
- Natural Climate Solutions projects and programs come in various forms, each designed to address specific ecological or local needs and enhance carbon sequestration.
- TREES – The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard – is ART’s standard for the quantification, monitoring, reporting and verification of GHG emission reductions and removals from REDD+ activities at a jurisdictional and national scale.
- The VCS Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) Framework helps entities with forest-related emission reduction activities to integrate their efforts into governmental climate goals.ff">Jurisdictional Programs and Project Nesting.
- The Tropical Forest Credit Integrity Guide is a consensus-written document that provides guidance to companies on how to differentiate among forest carbon credits by impact, quality, and scale.
- High-quality carbon credits represent real and additional GHG emission reductions or removals, which are quantified based on credible and conservative calculations of baselines, additionality, leakage, and permanence.
- The Forest Future Alliance (FFA) enables the private sector and philanthropic organisations to undertake socially, economically and ecologically responsible action for forest landscapes.
- Transparency and credibility are assured by recognized credit standards. These guidelines assess NCS project credits and criteria cover additionality, monitoring, verification, permanence, and co-benefits, ensuring rigorous sustainability principles.
- MRV is a multi-step process to gauge GHG reductions from NCS projects and programs. Emission cuts are measured over time and reported to an accredited third party. After verification by the third party, results can be certified, enabling issuance of carbon credits.
- This guide from IPI provides insights and recommendations to help companies transform their supply chains towards a net zero, resilient and regenerative future.
- From Abatable and IPI, this guide covers how insetting can be scaled to tackle supply chain emissions, and opportunities and challenges in the insetting value chain.