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General information on net zero emissions
Net Zero Climate @ Oxford University
Net Zero Guidelines @ International Standards Organization (ISO)
“...aims to increase transparency and accountability of net zero targets pledged by nations, states
and regions, cities and companies. We collect data on targets set and on many factors that indicate
the integrity of those targets — essentially, how serious the entity setting the target is about
meaningfully cutting its net emissions to zero.
Net zero emissions @ Wikipedia
General information on carbon offsets
California Tropical Forest Standard
Carbon offsets @ David Suzuki Foundation
International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC)
· "Join the movement for greener travel. Sign up once to donate one cent per mile to your favorite environmental cause – every time you fly."
Klick Foundation for Climate Protection and Carbon Offset
· “Established by the Swiss Petroleum Association (today Avenergy Suisse) in 2012 within the
framework of the Swiss CO₂ Law, the Foundation for Climate Protection and Carbon Offset
(KliK) is the sector-wide carbon offset grouping.“
· Climate change: How you can help
· Contains a range of information on carbon offsets
State of Voluntary Carbon Markets
Registries
· “As the premier carbon offset registry for the North American carbon market, the Climate Action Reserve encourages action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by ensuring the environmental integrity and financial benefit of emissions reduction projects.“
International organizations
High-Level Expert Group on Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities
UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
Institutions
· Formed by a merger between Element Markets and Bluesource
Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)
Climate Markets & Investment Association
· “We started in 1998 with clean-burning cookstoves. Since then, we’ve grown into a globally recognized non-profit platform that’s
successfully reducing carbon pollution."
International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA)
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
Offset Network @ Second Nature
Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets (TSVCM) @ Institute of International Finance (IIF)
World Banks State and Trends of Carbon Pricing
· Hosts the Verified Carbon Standard
Net zero emissions & carbon offsets
Contents of this page:
· General information on net zero emissions
· General information on carbon offsets
· Registries
· International organizations
· Institutions
Also see:
· Carbon accounting, tracking & calculators
· Flying
Carbon offsets have been defined as credits “for greenhouse gas reductions achieved by one party that can be purchased and used to compensate (offset) the emisions of another party.”
Ziying Liu (2023) of Brandeis University & Brian McFarlan contributed to this page.