CCC Carbon Credit Corp: Agriculture

Agriculture

CCC has been designing comprehensive programs for the largest agricultural organizations in Canada enabling them to source and aggregate large amounts of carbon credits from agricultural activities.

CCC develops these programs to meet the demands of Large Final Emitters or Hedge Funds that require high quality and low risk offsets.

Specifically we are sourcing and aggregating carbon credits for the Chicago Climate Exchange using CCX’s protocols., In addition, we are sourcing, aggregating and providing Albert based emission offsets using Alberta Government approved protocols and CSA’s GHG ISO 14064 specified Clean Project registry.

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Background

Global carbon offset trading is a growing business. According to the World Bank, international carbon sales quadrupled in 2006 to over $25B USD.

Improved agricultural practices present a key opportunity for the generation of carbon offset credits.

The entry point for agriculture based markets in Western Canada consists of carbon sequestration via reduced tillage crop farming and planting shelterbelts and woodlots. The potential value of the credits from these activities alone is about $180 million per year and the current value based on practices already adopted is about $80 million per year.

North America has an existing voluntary market in the form of the Chicago Climate Exchange and with numerous large companies, hedge funds, and other organizations that are arranging private OTC contracts for credits. In addition, the first North American Carbon Compliance System, the Alberta Offset System (ABOS) came into effect on July 1, 2007.

It enables Large Final Emitters to reduce mandatory carbon tax payments with purchase of Alberta based Emission Offsets