Specialized projects allow
sustainability-focused organizations to showcase leadership and
play an instrumental role in saving one-of-a-kind habitats and
species
BOYERTOWN, Pa., April 24,
2024 /CNW/ -- ClimeCo, the leading global
decarbonization and environmental solutions company, has launched
ClimeCo 4Nature, a program that offers leading
sustainability-focused companies an opportunity to invest in
carefully selected nature-based projects that preserve and restore
uniquely important habitats, biodiversity and local communities.
Created in partnership with UPROAR, a conservation
organization that supports global biodiversity solutions, the
program allows one organization to serve as the sole sponsor of an
entire project in an environmentally essential area of the world to
maximize its positive impact.
Rather than selling incremental carbon offsets over time,
4Nature will secure a sufficient resource commitment upfront from a
sole project sponsor to undertake long-term preservation and
restoration work in a coordinated and systematic way, compounding
and significantly speeding economic and environmental benefits in
these critical areas. Within this model, each ClimeCo 4Nature
project sponsor will receive:
- All carbon credits from the project
- All future green attributes
- Right of first refusal for future project expansion
- All publicity and promotional rights
- Project naming rights
- Opportunity to name a new species
- Project site tours with project lead scientists
- Access to scientists for presentations to sponsor's
stakeholders
- Any additional project-specific benefits
In addition to producing quantifiable, high-quality nature-based
carbon removals, each 4Nature restoration and conservation project
will also deliver pivotal ecosystem and community co-benefits, such
as protecting native, vulnerable and endangered species, restoring
deforested areas, and helping improve the lives of indigenous
peoples and local communities.
To ensure the validity and true additionality of these
large-scale projects, 4Nature has partnered with Dr. Stuart Pimm, world leader in the fight against
extinctions, founder of Saving Nature and the Doris Duke Chair of
Conservation Ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment at
Duke University.
The first 4Nature project to be announced is in the Andean Cloud
Forests of Colombia. This
breathtaking and vital habitat is home to approximately 1/6 of our
planet's total biodiversity, including many species found nowhere
else on Earth, but, sadly, it is also among the most vulnerable to
the impacts of climate change, deforestation and human population
pressures. The 4Nature project will employ community members to
collect and grow seeds from over 400 different native tree species
to reforest and regenerate the project area and reconnect wildlife
corridors to support biodiversity in the Andean mountains while
delivering significant socioeconomic benefits. The total expected
carbon sequestration over the 40-year project lifetime is more than
250,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, and the project is expected to
protect countless species teetering on the verge of extinction.
"ClimeCo 4Nature is designed to give the most
sustainability-driven companies an opportunity to showcase its
commitment to and play an instrumental leadership role in saving
some of the planet's most unique and important locations, including
many sites that are the only places in the world where certain
plants and animals exist," said Clive
Welham, VP, Nature-Based Solutions at ClimeCo. "Our
landmark, one-of-a-kind and customizable nature-based solutions
projects available through 4Nature offer the scale to expedite
progress and demonstrate truly transformative environmental,
economic and social benefits."
Additional project sites will be announced over time, but all
will be located in global biodiversity hotspots, including the
Galapagos Islands of Ecuador and
the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil.
"Nature-based solutions are a pivotal piece of the puzzle in
combatting climate change, and if we don't take action now, we face
the irreversible loss of critical ecosystems," said Terry Garcia, Co-Founder of UPROAR,
world-renowned environmentalist and former EVP and chief science
and exploration officer at National Geographic. "Aimed at
the most visible, environmentally essential and endangered places
in the world, the ClimeCo 4Nature program addresses both
environmental and social challenges, offering urgently needed
positive impacts on everything from soil quality improvement to
invasive species control, wildlife conservation, watershed
restoration, community empowerment and employment and land
protection."
ClimeCo is proud to add the unique 4Nature model to its
expansive portfolio of diverse nature-based solutions.
About ClimeCo
ClimeCo is a global sustainability
company headquartered in Pennsylvania, with projects and partners all
over the world. Our mission is to advance the low-carbon future and
restore nature with market-based solutions. We offer comprehensive
services spanning environmental asset innovation, ESG and climate
strategy consulting, regulatory and policy advisory, environmental
credits, API solutions and climate action certification
programs.
Our growing team of respected scientists and industry experts
collaborate with companies of all sizes, governmental groups, NGOs
and capital markets players on ESG, decarbonization and policy
issues—allowing us to develop high-quality, purpose-built
end-to-end sustainability solutions with measurable impact. We are
steadfastly committed to educating and empowering our clients, no
matter where they are in their sustainability journey, to be
confident in a rapidly evolving marketplace.
Take your climate initiatives to new heights by collaborating
with ClimeCo. Contact us at +1 484.415.0501, info@climeco.com, or
through our website climeco.com.
About UPROAR
UPROAR is a conservation and media
organization that works with a range of partners including NGOs,
scientists, local communities, governments, project developers, and
corporations to develop and promote market-based solutions which
support high-profile, science-based, conservation and biodiversity
projects and initiatives globally. Contact us at
www.theuproar.com.
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