Carbon Credit Quality Initiative

📢🌳 New CCQI scores for project-based avoided deforestation We're excited to announce that Carbon Credit Quality Initiative has released its latest forestry scores, evaluating the quality risks associated with avoided planned and unplanned deforestation projects With these new scores, CCQI now covers credit types representing over 80% of the voluntary carbon market, marking a milestone in the initiative’s mission to enhance the quality of carbon credits. These scores will be integrated into the free, user-friendly tool designed to support informed decision-making for carbon credit buyers, crediting programs, and project developers. Read more about this announcement: https://lnkd.in/gsJnNpjV #REDD #VCM #CarbonCredits

🔊 New Date for CCQI Webinar on the Quality Risks of REDD+ Credit Types!     We regret to inform you that the @Carbon Credit Quality Initiative upcoming webinar on the quality risks of REDD+ credit types, originally scheduled for June 26, has been postponed to Tuesday, July 2. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.    Join us next week for Part 2 of our Forestry Scores series. Building on our previous scores for Improved Forest Management and Commercial Afforestation, we're now diving into the quality risks of avoided planned and unplanned deforestation project types.     📅 NEW DATE: Tuesday, July 2   🕙 Time: 10am ET / 4pm CEST    🔗Register now to join the conversation: https://bit.ly/4c3QAvH     Already registered? No problem – you're automatically registered for the new date!   Can’t make the new date? We will share a recording of the session shortly afterward.    Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to your participation.      #CarbonMarkets #VCM #REDD+ #CCQI #Forests 

📢 On June 26, Carbon Credit Quality Initiative is hosting a webinar to unveil new forestry scores assessing the quality risks of REDD+ credit types, including both planned and unplanned avoided deforestation. 🔍 Why it matters: Ensuring the integrity and credibility of the voluntary carbon market has never been more critical. CCQI is meeting the moment by providing independent, rigorous assessments that empower all market participants to navigate the market more confidently. Increasing transparency and integrity of carbon credits will ultimately help guide climate finance towards projects with genuine, long-lasting impacts. 📅 Join the webinar: Date: Wednesday, June 26 Time: 10:00 AM ET / 4:00 PM CEST Pedro Martins Barata and experts from Oeko-Institut e.V. will discuss the findings and implications of these new scores, providing insights into the risks associated with REDD+ credits. Register now to join the conversation: https://bit.ly/4c3QAvH

What makes a high-integrity carbon credit? Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) aims to answer this question by scoring credit types – helping buyers and developers navigate their quality risks and benefits while encouraging market transparency.      CCQI has assessed over 84% of carbon credit types available on the voluntary carbon market! This includes our latest assessment of the two REDD+ credit types planned and unplanned avoided deforestation, which will be released next week.     📢 Want to dive deeper into these scores? Join our June 26 webinar!      CCQI experts Lambert Schneider and Felix Fallasch of Oeko-Institut e.V. and Pedro Martins Barata of Environmental Defense Fund will present on key insights from the assessment and answer your questions on REDD+ credit quality.      📅 Date: Tuesday, July 2    🕒 Time: 10:00am ET/ 4:00pm CEST   🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gUQbJs5w      CCQI aims to empower you to make informed decisions when engaging in the voluntary carbon market. Discover more at carboncreditquality.org.     #CCQI #VCM #REDD+ #ClimateAction #CarbonMarket

🌳Join Us for Part 2 of the CCQI Forestry Scores Series! 🌳 Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) is thrilled to announce the release of new scores assessing the quality risks of REDD+ credit types. These scores will be integrated into our free, user-friendly tool designed to help you explore and understand the quality risks and benefits of various carbon credits. 📅 Date: Tuesday, July 2 🕒 Time: 10:00am ET/ 4:00pm CEST During the webinar, experts from Oeko-Institut and the Environmental Defense Fund will present CCQI's key findings on the quality strengths and risks of REDD+ credits. Register now and join the conversation! 🔗https://lnkd.in/gUQbJs5w

🌍 Save the Date: July 2, 10am ET / 4pm CEST 📅    Mark your calendars! Carbon Credit Quality Initiative will be hosting a webinar on July 2 at 10am ET / 4pm CEST. Join us as we unveil our latest scores on REDD+ carbon credit types! 🌳    Whether you're a carbon credit buyer, crediting program, or project developer, this webinar will provide valuable insight into the types of risk associated with REDD+ credit types, and why this matters for market integrity.     Register: https://lnkd.in/gUQbJs5w #CarbonCredits #REDD+ #CarbonMarkets

🌱 How to Use CCQI Scores: Guiding Your Carbon Credit Decisions 🌍 Navigating the complex world of carbon credits? Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) scores are here to guide your journey towards high-quality emission reductions and removals, whether you're buying, developing, or managing carbon credit projects. 🔍 For Carbon Credit Buyers: Begin your due diligence with CCQI scores to pinpoint areas of quality risks and strengths for different types of carbon credits. 🌿 For Crediting Programs: Use CCQI scores and assessments to refine program rules, ensuring they effectively guide project developers in creating projects that meet high quality standards. 🛠️ For Project Developers: Use CCQI scores to identify areas of particular risk for your projects and inform project design choices that can safeguard against those risks. Insights from CCQI assessments can guide you on how to improve your projects' resilience and impact. 💼 For Credit Retailers and Exchanges: Start with CCQI scores as an initial filter to help better understanding the landscape of quality risks for different types of carbon credits. These scores help highlight potential risks and areas needing closer inspection when looking at individual projects. Use this preliminary assessment to guide further in-depth evaluations and interactions with project owners or crediting programs, ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of the credits you offer. CCQI has been widely recognized and used to inform carbon credit purchasing strategies for entities in the financial and energy sectors, demonstrating our effectiveness and reliability. Please note, CCQI scores only represent expected quality risks and strengths for the TYPE of carbon credit. Performance may vary by project, so complement these insights with thorough due diligence. 🔗 Make informed, responsible decisions in the carbon market. For more details, don't forget to visit our site: https://lnkd.in/gMD8J_4h #CarbonCredits #Sustainability #CCQI #EnvironmentalImpact 

🌍✨ At Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI), we're often asked, "Why don't you sell your scores?" Here’s our ethos behind making our data freely accessible and open source! 🚀 In the realm of carbon credits, integrity and transparency are not just buzzwords—they're the very foundation of trust and effectiveness. At CCQI, we're committed to empowering everyone to understand and enhance quality. From project developers to buyers and traders to crediting programs, we believe that accessible information on integrity risks is crucial to making informed decisions that lead to genuine emission reductions and tangible social and environmental benefits. 🌐 Our publicly-available scoring methodology allows users to understand and reproduce the scores. The methodology can also be used by experts to find their own scores. It also allows other actors in the voluntary carbon market, such as The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) or rating agencies, to draw on it when developing their own approaches. Our unique, user-friendly scoring tool assesses different types of carbon credits against seven key quality objectives. The open-access scores enable buyers and traders to conduct first steps in due diligence and understand how integrity risks differ between project types and carbon crediting programs. It can also help project developers to design projects in ways that address integrity risks. 🌿💡 Our detailed assessments provide rigorous analysis of current market approaches. Led by independent non-profit organizations, our experts—who are not affiliated with project developers or crediting programs—draw on the latest research and a deep understanding of carbon markets to provide trustworthy assessments. Our detailed assessments can be used by carbon crediting programs to improve their rules, for example, when revising their methodologies. They also help the ICVCM and others to understand the nuances of integrity risks. 📊🔍 Our factsheets on different project types provide easily understandable information on key findings from our assessments. These can help buyers and traders and the informed public to understand integrity risks. We believe that enhancing knowledge and providing transparency on integrity risks is critical for addressing the quality concerns in the voluntary carbon market. Our open-source approach empowers different users to contribute to boosting quality. Because when it comes to addressing climate change, integrity isn't an option—it's a necessity. 🌟 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gMD8J_4h #CarbonCredits #Sustainability #OpenData #ClimateAction #CCQI #ClimateChange

🌲 Dive into our latest Carbon Credit Quality Initiative forestry factsheets on Improved Forest Management (IFM) and Commercial Afforestation. Uncover the quality risks and benefits of these carbon credit types. 🔍 Crafted to shed light on the intricacies of forestry carbon credits, these documents aim to empower stakeholders with the knowledge needed for making informed choices within the voluntary carbon market. But that's not all — we also want to highlight our collection of 2023 factsheets covering a wide array of project types, including Efficient Cookstoves, Establishment of Natural Forests, Household Biodigesters, Landfill Gas Utilization, Solar Photovoltaic Power, and Wind Power (Onshore). Ready to elevate your understanding of carbon credit types? ➡️ Start exploring here: https://lnkd.in/edvjHAAd  

In case you missed it, Carbon Credit Quality Initiative recently hosted Part 1 of our Forestry Scores webinar series, where we unveiled the latest scores for improved forest management (IFM) and commercial afforestation carbon credits. Our CCQI experts shared insights into the integrity concerns of these forestry credit types and their performance metrics compared to other project types we've evaluated. We highly encourage you to view the full recording of this informative session here: https://lnkd.in/gHQvmwZn  And stay tuned for Part 2 of our webinar series! We will be releasing new scores for Avoided Deforestation and Jurisdictional REDD+ credit types soon. Your ongoing engagement and feedback are invaluable to us as we strive to promote transparency and integrity within the carbon credit market.  Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gMD8J_4h