ClimeCo, the leading global decarbonization and environmental solutions company, has officially announced the launch of a program called ClimCo4Nature, which is designed to offer leading sustainability-focused companies an opportunity to invest in carefully selected nature-based projects. More on these projects would reveal a specific reference to the ones that preserve and restore uniquely important habitats, biodiversity, and local communities. Anyway, created in close collaboration with the conservation organization, UPROAR, the stated program makes it possible for one organization to serve as the sole sponsor of an entire project in what is classified as an environmentally essential area. This can come in handy for organizations who are trying to maximize their positive impact. Anyway, 4Nature will secure a sufficient resource commitment upfront from a sole project sponsor so to conduct long-term preservation and restoration work in a coordinated and systematic way, instead of selling incremental carbon offsets over time. The idea behind such a pivot is to compound and accelerate economic and environmental benefits in environmentally critical areas. Talk about the benefits each ClimeCo 4Nature project sponsor will likely receive in return, we begin with the promise of all carbon credits from the project, as well all future green attributes. Next up, the sponsor will be given a right of first refusal for future project expansion. Moving on, under the agreed terms, they can expect publicity and promotional rights. Complimenting the same would be a facility to also procure the naming rights of their project.
“ClimeCo 4Nature is designed to give the most sustainability-driven companies an opportunity to showcase its commitment to and play an instrumental leadership role in saving some of the planet’s most unique and important locations, including many sites that are the only places in the world where certain plants and animals exist,” said Clive Welham, VP, Nature-Based Solutions at ClimeCo. “Our landmark, one-of-a-kind and customizable nature-based solutions projects available through 4Nature offer the scale to expedite progress and demonstrate truly transformative environmental, economic and social benefits.”
There is further available a prospect for these sponsors to actually name a new species. Hold on, we still have a few more perks left to unpack, considering we still haven’t acknowledged how sponsors can also avail project site tours with project lead scientists. The stated scientists may also join in during presentations to sponsor’s stakeholders. Among other details, we have a range of project-specific benefits.
Producing quantifiable, high-quality nature-based carbon removals, each 4Nature restoration and conservation project will also deliver pivotal ecosystem and community co-benefits, such as protecting native, vulnerable and endangered species, restoring deforested areas, and helping improve the lives of indigenous peoples and local communities.
The first 4Nature project is already set to be announced in the Andean Cloud Forests of Colombia. To give some context, the stated habitat is home to approximately 1/6 of our planet’s total biodiversity, including many species found nowhere else on Earth. However, despite that being the case, it is also among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, deforestation, and human population pressures. Here, in practice, the project will employ community members to collect and grow seeds from over 400 different native tree species. This it will do for the purpose of reforesting and regenerating the project area and reconnect wildlife corridors to support biodiversity in the Andean mountains, while simultaneously delivering significant socioeconomic benefits. All in all, the total expected carbon sequestration over the 40-year project lifetime will be more than 250,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
