Climate Solutions Foundational Resources

BASCS Primer - High-Level Guide for Businesses Purchasing Carbon Credits 4
  • Jan 2023
  • BASCS
  • Carbon Credits
  • Carbon Offsetting
  • Nature-based solutions
  • Purchasing Guidance

BASCS Primer – High-Level Guide for Businesses Purchasing Carbon Credits

To address the climate crisis and fulfill the collective vision of a 1.5°C future established by the Paris Agreement, we must take immediate, ambitious action to halve emissions by 2030 and accelerate an inclusive transition to a global net-zero economy by 2050. The Business Alliance to Scale Cl...

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  • Jul 2022
  • BASCS; Climate Focus
  • Carbon Credits
  • Voluntary Carbon Market

The State of the Carbon Market BASCS Member Meeting, July 2022

BASCS Non-Solicitation Policy
  • Jul 2022
  • Cameron Steagall, Manager I Lizzie Russler, Coordinator
  • Nature-based solutions
  • Target setting and strategies

Blog: Overcoming Corporate Barriers to Nature-based Solutions

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) play a critical role in keeping us on track for a global 1.5 degrees °C target. If scaled up now, nature-based solutions could provide 30% or more of the emissions reductions needed to reach our global climate goals by 2030. According to WWF, Nature-based Solutions “harn...

Value Change
  • May 2022
  • Gold Standard
  • Net Zero Strategies
  • Target setting and strategies

Value Change: Scope 3 Solutions

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  • Jan 2022
  • BASCS
  • Carbon Credits
  • Carbon Offsetting
  • Voluntary Carbon Market

WEBINAR Download from COP26: A Discussion on the Climate Solutions Space

Inaugural member meeting for the Business Alliance to Scale Climate Solutions. This webinar brought together experts from carbon markets including international climate negotiators, leaders from standard setting bodies and NGOs to discuss guidance for high-integrity and high-quality carbon credits, ...

Carbon Credit Basics for Business
  • Nov 2021
  • Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
  • Carbon Credits

Carbon Credit Basics for Business

  • Nov 2021
  • The Nature-based Solutions Initiative at the University of Oxford
  • Nature-based solutions

Nature-Based Solutions Case Studies

Natural Climate Solutions for Corporations
  • Jul 2021
  • World Economic Forum / WBCSD / Natural Climate Solutions Alliance
  • Nature-based solutions

Natural Climate Solutions for Corporations

The Role of Natural Climate Solutions in Corporate Climate Commitments: A Brief for Investors
  • May 2021
  • Ceres
  • Nature-based solutions

The Role of Natural Climate Solutions in Corporate Climate Commitments: A Brief for Investors

Mobilizing Voluntary Carbon Markets to Drive Climate Action: Recommendations
  • Mar 2021
  • Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
  • Carbon Offsetting
  • Voluntary Carbon Market

Mobilizing Voluntary Carbon Markets to Drive Climate Action: Recommendations