By Callie Stinson and Kyle Saukas On September 23, during Climate Week NYC, more than 250 leaders from business, science, government and philanthropy joined Beyond Alliance for the inaugural Superpollutant Action Summit, with Climate Advisers as the Summit’s knowledge partner. With a waitlist in the hundreds, the turnout tells its own story: interest in the topic is growing faster than …
Lower-emission gas has an accounting problem. These consultations aim to fix it.
Cutting methane from oil and gas is one of the fastest ways to slow near-term warming. Methane traps more than 80 times as much heat as CO₂ over its first 20 years in the atmosphere. The sector emits roughly 80 million tonnes of it every year, and about three-quarters could be cut with technologies and practices that exist today, much …
New Approach Could Help Solve One of Carbon Markets’ Biggest Problems
New research outlines how “contracted durability” can manage reversal risk and improve confidence in carbon removal credits Washington, DC —June 16 The American Forest Foundation (AFF), Beyond Alliance, and RMI today released findings that introduce a new legal and financial framework to manage risk for all carbon removal pathways that will bolster the integrity and scalability of the market. Along with rapidly reducing emissions, carbon …
Helping Companies Turn Ambition into Action on Superpollutants
When we think about climate change, it’s easy to focus only on CO₂—but there’s another group of pollutants that are just as urgent, if not more so in the near term. Superpollutants like methane, black carbon, and refrigerants are responsible for roughly half of the warming the planet has experienced to date. The good news? Reducing them is one of …
Enabling Conditions to Unlock Private Sector Demand in Carbon Markets: Policy Considerations for Host Jurisdictions
As COP30 closed in Brazil, three leading organizations have released a new paper outlining nine priority policy conditions host countries can adopt to unlock private sector investment in voluntary carbon markets, with the potential to mobilize over $50 billion annually by 2030.
Beyond Common App for ARR
Inspired by the transformative impact of the Common Application system used by US universities, which streamlined the admissions process for students and institutions alike, the Beyond Common App establishes a baseline framework for the essential information required from project developers to advance through buyers’ procurement pipelines. Beyond Common App Download [Word] Download [PDF] Beyond Common App Guide Download [Word] Download …
Beyond Doubles Down on Market-based Climate Action
September 25, New York, USA A leading coalition of companies and NGOs have re-affirmed their shared commitment to drive market-based action on climate change, unveiling a new strategy for unlocking corporate climate finance at scale. Re-launched at New York Climate Week under a new moniker, Beyond, the group presented its vision for doubling down on efforts to mobilize the climate …