Climate Action Reserve

Mission

To develop, promote and support innovative, credible market-based climate change solutions that benefit economies, ecosystems and society.

Diversity Mission Statement

The Climate Action Reserve respects and celebrates all forms of diversity in its personnel, programs, and procedures. The Reserve believes it is critical to foster a welcoming and inclusive space for staff, to support diversity and equitable opportunities in the environmental field, and to operate programs that are culturally responsive and benefit all communities.

Description

The Climate Action Reserve is the most trusted, efficient, and experienced carbon credit registry for global carbon markets. A pioneer in carbon accounting, the Reserve promotes and fosters the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through credible market-based policies and solutions. As a high-quality carbon credit registry for voluntary carbon markets, it establishes rigorous standards involving multi-sector stakeholder workgroup development and local engagement and issues carbon credits in a transparent and publicly available system. 

The organization also supports compliance carbon markets in California, Washington and internationally. For Washington's cap-and-invest program, the Reserve serves as an approved Offset Project Registry (OPR) and supports the development of the program's offset protocols. The cap-and-invest program is an important tool for the state to reach its GHG reduction goals and has generated over $2 billion in revenue, which is being reinvested across the state.

The Reserve's work demonstrates that high-quality carbon credits foster reductions in GHG pollution that are real, additional, verifiable, enforceable, and permanent. Carbon projects registered with the Reserve support environmental and community co-benefits and often reduce local air pollution, restore habitat and ecosystems, spur growth in new green technologies, and allow emission reduction goals to be met at lower cost.

The Reserve is an environmental nonprofit organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California with staff members located around the world, including in Washington. The Reserve is an equal opportunity provider.  

www.climateactionreserve.org