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Winrock’s American Carbon Registry Has Issued Over 100 Million Tonnes of Carbon Offset Credits

Emissions reductions are equivalent to removing over 21 million cars for a year

Agriculture
Environment & Energy
Climate Change
Winrock's American Carbon Registry Has Issued Over 100 Million Tonnes of Carbon Offset Credits
United States
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SACRAMENTO, CA, August 21, 2017 – The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a non-profit enterprise of Winrock International, is proud to announce it has issued more than 100 million tonnes of carbon offset credits—the equivalent of  taking over 21 million cars off the road for a year. Each credit represents a metric tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) removed from the atmosphere.

“We are very excited by this milestone, which shows we are successfully harnessing the power of markets to improve the environment,” said John Kadyszewski, ACR Director. “We aim to enhance market confidence and to catalyze transformational emissions reductions through the development of innovative methods to measure, report and verify GHG emissions reductions in sectors such as agriculture, land use and forestry, high global warming potential refrigerants, transportation and energy. We hope better methods and metrics can increase private sector investment and ambition so we can surpass targets set under the Paris Agreement.”

The high quality, serialized credits are from a wide range of voluntary and California-regulated carbon market projects, including: reforestation, forest management, avoided conversion of forests, destruction of ozone depleting substances, mine methane capture, advanced refrigeration systems, transportation fleet efficiency, livestock manure management, avoided conversion of grasslands, rice cultivation, advanced formulation foam blowing agents, landfill gas capture, industrial processes and renewable energy. Voluntary credits can be retired by corporations or individuals to reduce their carbon footprints, while California market credits can be used by regulated entities in the state and in linked jurisdictions such as Quebec towards their emissions reduction obligation.

ACR was founded in 1996 and joined Winrock in 2007 to help Winrock fulfill its mission to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources. Winrock believes that climate change will have a profound impact on the poorest populations around the world and that markets are the quickest and most effective path to mobilize actions to reduce emissions.

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ABOUT WINROCK INTERNATIONAL

Winrock is a recognized leader in U.S. and international development with a focus on social, agricultural and environmental issues. Inspired by its namesake, Winthrop Rockefeller, Winrock combines scientific and technical expertise with entrepreneurial innovation to deliver market-based solutions that improve lives around the world. Winrock’s mission is to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity and sustain natural resources across the globe.

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