 multitude
of problems face our planet. More people live in poverty
now than at any other time in history. Rising greenhouse
gas emissions pose a dangerous experiment for our atmosphere
and threaten human and natural communities. The diversity
of life on Earth is dwindling as native habitats are converted
for human use. These environmental and social challenges
cannot be solved in isolation. Designing resilient actions
that address multiple global problems simultaneously is
a pressing challenge for humans in the 21st century.
Given the magnitude of these problems, is there anything
we can do? A new global alliance thinks there is.
The Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA)
is a partnership between leading companies, NGOs and research
institutes seeking to promote integrated solutions to land
management around the world. With this goal in mind, the
CCBA has developed voluntary standards to help design and
identify land management projects that simultaneously minimize
climate change, support sustainable development and conserve
biodiversity.
BREAKING NEWS
Winners
of Three Climate Grants Announced to support development
of CCB certified projects (May 2009)
The
Forest Carbon Offsetting Survey 2009 demonstrates strong
market interest in the social and biodiversity benefits
of forest carbon (April 2009)
Launch
of Forest Carbon Standards in New Languages Reaches
Key Audiences (April 2009)
The
CCB Standards Second Edition launched December 6, 2008
at Forest Day 2 in Poznan, Poland (December
2008)
Read about the CCB Standards in Time
Magazine, Carbonpositive & Ecosystem
Marketplace (December 2008)
Hyundai
Motor America sponsors the Hyundai Climate Grants Program
in conjunction with the CCBA to award three $35,000
grants to project developers (November 2008)
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