What we've done - Some of our favorite Projects and Processes
CPS Carbon Project Solutions Inc. is a top-notch partner in your project development process.
Find some of our favorite projects from the last few years described below...
Project: Canadian Reforestation - Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard.
Offset Standard: The Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCBS)
Client: Publicly traded Offset Company
Our client implemented the Canadian Reforestation Project as a land-based carbon sequestration pilot project to mitigate climate change, create employment opportunities for community residents, and create forest ecosystems that will enhance adaptability of the local community and ecosystems to climate change.
The project was Canada's first successfully Validated to the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity (CCB) Project Design Standard. The CCB Standard provides a framework for designing, implementing, and evaluating the success of this project.
Firm Role: Final Author of CCBS Project Document (PD)
CPS Carbon Project Solutions Inc. was hired to close out a PDD Validation process that had stretched over on a year and six re-submissions before CPS involvement. CPS deployed its international carbon market technical documentation writing expertise to compile, explain and present how the project met the CCB standard and was eligible for crediting. After CPS's final drafting of the project documentation, it was successfully approved on the subsequent Validation attempt.
CPS had the additional role of posting the project on the Markit Environmental Registry and ensuring clear ownership transfer from the project developer to the buyer.
Assignment Date: 2010
Project: The Community Ecosystem Restoration Project (CERP)
Offset Standard: ISO 14064-2
Client: ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc.
ERA began developing the CERP in 2005 to restore native riparian forest species on degraded Municipal land across the Fraser Valley. The Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce, Red Cedar, Hemlock and Cottonwood planted are regenerating a stable ecosystem that provides social and ecological benefit, protected for perpetuity. As no applicable Project Methodologies existed to credit this project type, ERA utilized CPS Carbon Project Solutions Inc.’s pioneering carbon market technical expertise to translate their restoration actions into verified carbon offsets.
Projects implemented under the resulting Methodology & PDD have since generated over 1 million offsets to 2010, and are slated to create 1+ million more by 2012.
Firm Role: Author of Reforestation Project Methodology/Project Design Document
CPS Carbon Project Solutions Inc. was hired to author the world’s first ISO 14064-2 Methodology/Project Design Document for the CERP. CPS deployed its ability to integrate the science and policy of climate change to write the ISO Standard-specific documentation that turned reforestation action into offset. Company role continued into working with ERA develop a process to market, sell and broker offsets to corporate, government and NGO clients.
Assignment Date: 2006-2008
Find some of our favorite projects from the last few years described below...
Project: Canadian Reforestation - Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard.
Offset Standard: The Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCBS)
Client: Publicly traded Offset Company
Our client implemented the Canadian Reforestation Project as a land-based carbon sequestration pilot project to mitigate climate change, create employment opportunities for community residents, and create forest ecosystems that will enhance adaptability of the local community and ecosystems to climate change.
The project was Canada's first successfully Validated to the Climate, Community, and Biodiversity (CCB) Project Design Standard. The CCB Standard provides a framework for designing, implementing, and evaluating the success of this project.
Firm Role: Final Author of CCBS Project Document (PD)
CPS Carbon Project Solutions Inc. was hired to close out a PDD Validation process that had stretched over on a year and six re-submissions before CPS involvement. CPS deployed its international carbon market technical documentation writing expertise to compile, explain and present how the project met the CCB standard and was eligible for crediting. After CPS's final drafting of the project documentation, it was successfully approved on the subsequent Validation attempt.
CPS had the additional role of posting the project on the Markit Environmental Registry and ensuring clear ownership transfer from the project developer to the buyer.
Assignment Date: 2010
Project: The Community Ecosystem Restoration Project (CERP)
Offset Standard: ISO 14064-2
Client: ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc.
ERA began developing the CERP in 2005 to restore native riparian forest species on degraded Municipal land across the Fraser Valley. The Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce, Red Cedar, Hemlock and Cottonwood planted are regenerating a stable ecosystem that provides social and ecological benefit, protected for perpetuity. As no applicable Project Methodologies existed to credit this project type, ERA utilized CPS Carbon Project Solutions Inc.’s pioneering carbon market technical expertise to translate their restoration actions into verified carbon offsets.
Projects implemented under the resulting Methodology & PDD have since generated over 1 million offsets to 2010, and are slated to create 1+ million more by 2012.
Firm Role: Author of Reforestation Project Methodology/Project Design Document
CPS Carbon Project Solutions Inc. was hired to author the world’s first ISO 14064-2 Methodology/Project Design Document for the CERP. CPS deployed its ability to integrate the science and policy of climate change to write the ISO Standard-specific documentation that turned reforestation action into offset. Company role continued into working with ERA develop a process to market, sell and broker offsets to corporate, government and NGO clients.
Assignment Date: 2006-2008
Project: Carbon Offsets - Considerations & Opportunities for the CRD
Offset System: BC Climate Action Charter
Client: The Capital Regional District – CRD Climate Action Plan
As a signatory to the British Columbia Climate Action Charter, the CRD needed to build a framework whereby member municipalities could develop and acquire eligible offsets while allowing certain policy outcomes to be met.
1. Enabling municipalities to develop emissions reductions projects that deliver local benefit to their constituents.
2. Allowing municipalities to access eligible offsets through pooling capital resources for investment into development of emissions reductions projects within municipalities.
3. Pool human resources necessary to quantify offsets generated by these projects to a recognized standard, ensuring credibility of the offset and trust in the process.
4. Maintain the environmental integrity of municipalities’ efforts to meet their carbon neutral commitments.
Firm Role: Business Advisory Services - Carbon Policy Development, Carbon Market Analysis
CPS Carbon Project Solutions Inc. produced & delivered a program to the CRD containing the following elements.
1. State of the Compliance and Voluntary carbon markets worldwide.
2. Summary of the BC Climate Action Charter and relevant legislation in place at the Provincial level.
3. Investigation into eligibility requirements for offsets used by Local governments to meet their commitments.
4. Carbon neutral local government implications: having to purchase offsets annually to achieve carbon neutral status & the opportunity to develop projects to sell to the PCT.
5. Explore the range of opportunities for the CRD and its municipalities to develop offset-eligible projects within the region. Opportunities included reforestation, avoided deforestation, waste-water treatment and landfill gas projects.
6. Explore example cases for offset project development and emissions reductions projects from other local governments.
Assignment Date: 2009
Client: The Capital Regional District – CRD Climate Action Plan
As a signatory to the British Columbia Climate Action Charter, the CRD needed to build a framework whereby member municipalities could develop and acquire eligible offsets while allowing certain policy outcomes to be met.
1. Enabling municipalities to develop emissions reductions projects that deliver local benefit to their constituents.
2. Allowing municipalities to access eligible offsets through pooling capital resources for investment into development of emissions reductions projects within municipalities.
3. Pool human resources necessary to quantify offsets generated by these projects to a recognized standard, ensuring credibility of the offset and trust in the process.
4. Maintain the environmental integrity of municipalities’ efforts to meet their carbon neutral commitments.
Firm Role: Business Advisory Services - Carbon Policy Development, Carbon Market Analysis
CPS Carbon Project Solutions Inc. produced & delivered a program to the CRD containing the following elements.
1. State of the Compliance and Voluntary carbon markets worldwide.
2. Summary of the BC Climate Action Charter and relevant legislation in place at the Provincial level.
3. Investigation into eligibility requirements for offsets used by Local governments to meet their commitments.
4. Carbon neutral local government implications: having to purchase offsets annually to achieve carbon neutral status & the opportunity to develop projects to sell to the PCT.
5. Explore the range of opportunities for the CRD and its municipalities to develop offset-eligible projects within the region. Opportunities included reforestation, avoided deforestation, waste-water treatment and landfill gas projects.
6. Explore example cases for offset project development and emissions reductions projects from other local governments.
Assignment Date: 2009
Climate Projects prior to the founding of CPS Carbon Project Solutions Inc.
Project: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Forestry Projects throughout Latin America
Offset Standard: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Client: Brinkman & Associates Reforestation Ltd.
Mr. Pallant worked in the the carbon market with Brinkman & Associates Reforestation for two years before founding Carbon Project Solutions. The team was developing large-scale reforestation projects into the UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) across Belize, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, including the first forest project submitted to the CDM Executive board (2004).
Firm Role: Offset Project Origination & Development
Duties ranged from project origination & development, to in-country negotiations with government ministry VPs, to the minutiae of logistics planning. Brinkman has made astounding strides in moving forward the state of play for forest-based offset projects, and continues to do groundbreaking work in the sector.
Assignment Date: 2004-2006
Offset Standard: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Client: Brinkman & Associates Reforestation Ltd.
Mr. Pallant worked in the the carbon market with Brinkman & Associates Reforestation for two years before founding Carbon Project Solutions. The team was developing large-scale reforestation projects into the UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) across Belize, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, including the first forest project submitted to the CDM Executive board (2004).
Firm Role: Offset Project Origination & Development
Duties ranged from project origination & development, to in-country negotiations with government ministry VPs, to the minutiae of logistics planning. Brinkman has made astounding strides in moving forward the state of play for forest-based offset projects, and continues to do groundbreaking work in the sector.
Assignment Date: 2004-2006
Carbon Market Business Development
The North American Carbon Market has been growing every year. Businesses trust Carbon Project Solutions to position their products and services for success in this market. We've:
We’ll give you our honest opinion on whether your project can succeed in the Carbon Market. If it can, we’ll help you make it happen. If it can’t we’ll tell you why.
- Crafted the carbon metrics for a customer loyalty program based around the environmental friendliness of one’s purchases.
- Represented ethical companies and products at high-level climate change conferences, positioning your endeavour at the top of the Carbon Market food chain. Need a representative for your environmental endeavour? Carbon Project Solutions.
- Managed creation of a web portal for online footprint calculation and offsetting by one of Canada’s most successful carbon offset providers.
- Consulted on the development of a wide range of climate change endeavours from large scale geo-engineering plots, to carbon neutral teddy bears.
We’ll give you our honest opinion on whether your project can succeed in the Carbon Market. If it can, we’ll help you make it happen. If it can’t we’ll tell you why.
Climate Change Communications
Part and parcel of any climate change endeavour is the role of expressing it to the world. Carbon Project Solutions has launched marketing campaigns, written websites and solidified the climate change message for NGOs, startups and multi-million dollar businesses throughout North America. We help you keep your message fresh, and technically correct in this time of change.
Some of our clients...
As the global awareness and response to Climate Change grows, companies, organizations and governments require the best mitigation and regulatory expertise they can find. The following organizations have turned to us for their Carbon Project Solutions:
-Habitat Carbon Assets
-CarbonZero
-Flight Centre Canada
-Brinkman & Associates Reforestation Ltd.
-ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc.
-The Capital Regional District
-Blue Energy Canada Inc.
-CREA Panama
-GlobalForce Network Inc.
-Kyoto Publishing
-Evolution Markets Inc.
-World Forest Credits
-Kazuka Ltd.
-Habitat Carbon Assets
-CarbonZero
-Flight Centre Canada
-Brinkman & Associates Reforestation Ltd.
-ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc.
-The Capital Regional District
-Blue Energy Canada Inc.
-CREA Panama
-GlobalForce Network Inc.
-Kyoto Publishing
-Evolution Markets Inc.
-World Forest Credits
-Kazuka Ltd.
You May Have Seen Us...
Active in building solutions in the fight against climate change, Carbon Project Solutions endeavors to attend conferences and contribute to the dialogue moving this space forward. You may have seen Joseph’s articles in Ecosystem Marketplace (ecosystemmarketplace.com), interviews on the CBC, or met us at a past Point Carbon, Carbon Forum America, Carbon Expo or UNFCCC conference.
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