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"Because of what we accomplished in the UAE 🇦🇪 Consensus, with a transition away from fossil fuel and accelerating in this decade, and sticking with 1.5 as close as we possibly can, I believe we have this incredible new blueprint for what everybody needs to be doing." - John Kerry in his remarks upon receiving the ACR Climate Leadership Award from Mary Grady.

Thanks to Kurt Krapfl and the ACR Forestry Team for all their work updating ACR’s Improved Forest Management on Non-Federal U.S. Forestlands methodology. The methodology provides assurance of the climate impact of forest management practices across the full range of organizations using the ACR methodology, from investment management organizations to conservation NGOs.

ACR would greatly appreciate your support in the 2024 Environmental Finance Annual Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings. These rankings are widely read and provide important recognition of ACR’s work as a leading carbon crediting program operating in global compliance and voluntary carbon markets. Please vote for ACR as "BEST GHG CREDITED PROGRAM.” Voting is open until this Friday, July 26th. Vote here: https://lnkd.in/dC2WSYtN In March 2024, ACR was honored to share that Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said: 👉 “No U.S. based organization has done more than ACR to realize the promise of high-integrity carbon markets. From establishing the world’s first private greenhouse gas registry to pioneering the next generation of carbon crediting, ACR has been at the forefront every step of the way.”

Thanks to Green Assets CEO Bailey Evans and ACR's Kurt Krapfl for spreading the word about the role of carbon markets in keeping forests standing. https://lnkd.in/g4ZcjdKq

Join our team! ACR is hiring a technical officer or technical manager for our Industrial Program (depending on experience). Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gvghxrwZ

💡 Did you know that ACR has updated its Improved Forest Management (IFM) methodology? ⏩ ACR’s IFM methodology is used by projects covering nearly 2.4 million acres of U.S. forestland. ⏩ Nearly 24 million credits have been issued to projects using the methodology. ⏩ Version 2.1 introduces innovative concepts, building on the success of earlier versions of the methodology. ⏩ In the updates, ACR balanced demands for precision and market-relevant information with an understanding that project developers and investors require predictability to make investment decisions about voluntary, market-driven climate action. ⏩ ACR plans to adapt the tools to broaden their applicability as an option for projects developed under other ACR methodologies and previous versions of this ACR IFM methodology. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gmaCd9-t

ACR would greatly appreciate your support in the 2024 Environmental Finance Annual Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings. These rankings are widely read and provide important recognition of ACR’s work as a leading carbon crediting program since 1996. Please vote for ACR as "BEST GHG CREDITED PROGRAM.” Voting is open until Friday, July 26th. Vote here: https://lnkd.in/dC2WSYtN Across 741 projects, ACR has helped create new ways to finance emission reductions and removals in key sectors: 👉 Improved forest management 👉 Ozone-depleting substances 👉 Advanced refrigeration substances 👉 Reforestation 👉 Plugging orphaned oil and gas wells 👉 Active conservation of US forestlands

📢LATEST ACR NEWS: ACR adds precision to the evaluation of baselines in an update to its Improved Forest Management on Non-Federal U.S. Forestlands methodology. The key updates to enhance specificity and ensure baselines adapt to dynamic forces in forest management are: 🍃A new tool for evaluating baselines each reporting period, before carbon credits are issued. 🍃A new baseline constraint, “Harvest Intensity,” that sets maximum baseline harvest levels. 🍃Greater specificity in existing requirements for baseline development. You can read more about these updates and the methodology here: https://lnkd.in/gmaCd9-t

ACR would greatly appreciate your support in the 2024 Environmental Finance Annual Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings. These rankings are widely read and provide important recognition of ACR’s work as a leading carbon crediting program operating in global compliance and voluntary carbon markets. Please vote for ACR as "BEST GHG CREDITING PROGRAM.” Voting is open until Friday, July 26th. Vote here: https://lnkd.in/dC2WSYtN A few examples of ACR's innovative leadership: 👉 A trusted partner in carbon markets since 1996 as the world’s first carbon registry. 👉 Approved at the program level as “Core Carbon Principles (CCP) Eligible” by the The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) this year. 👉 One of only two GHG crediting programs approved by ICAO to supply credits for the first CORSIA compliance period 2024-2026. 👉 15.9 million acres (about twice the area of Massachusetts) have been restored, conserved or sustainably managed through ACR-registered projects. 👉 Credits issued for more than 282 million tons of carbon emissions removals or reductions.

💡 High-quality carbon credits 101: What does “permanent” mean? ✅ PERMANENT = Emissions reductions or removals are permanent or there are binding measures to mitigate and compensate for reversals. Ensuring carbon credit quality is central to ACR’s work. Find out about the other elements of a high-quality carbon credit here: https://lnkd.in/dcWcfUe6