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US guide to an integrated carbon accounting infrastructure for the industrial carbon management market

NewsBy Irma SebayangAugust 27, 2024

The CCS+ Initiative responds to two significant priorities for advancing the US climate mitigation agenda: responsibly advancing carbon management technologies, including carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR); and establishing robust standards for carbon credit supply to drive climate action.  The CCS+ US guide can serve as…

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Open public consultation on the second set of CCS+ methodologies

NewsBy CCSplusMarch 1, 2024

The public consultation for the second batch of carbon accounting methodologies developed by the CCS+ Initiative under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) was launched and will be open until April 15th. The stakeholder community can review the methodologies and submit their feedback through the following link.  The following modules and tools are open for stakeholder…

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Article 6 Guide to an integrated carbon accounting infrastructure for the industrial carbon management market

NewsBy CCSplusNovember 23, 2023

The CCS+ carbon accounting infrastructure provides methodologies, tools and modules for industrial carbon management to quantify emission reductions and removals through CCS, long-term storage through CCU, and emission removals through CDR activities. This guide compares procedures developed within the CCS+ carbon accounting infrastructure to the requirements formulated under the Paris Agreement´s Articles 6.2 and 6.4.…

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EU guide to an integrated carbon accounting infrastructure for the industrial carbon management market

NewsBy CCSplusSeptember 21, 2023

Industrial carbon management can play a key role in meeting the EU’s climate and industrial goals. Nevertheless, an integrated carbon accounting infrastructure, essential to spurring the responsible adoption of CCS, CCU, and CDR, is currently missing. This guide explores the adoption of an integral carbon accounting ‘infrastructure’ for industrial carbon management in the EU, including…

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The CCS+ Initiative’s approach to carbon accounting methodology development for industrial carbon management

NewsBy CCSplusSeptember 13, 2023

An explanatory note on guiding concepts, technical approaches, design choices, and their underlying rationale The CCS+ Initiative was established in 2021 with the mission to scale cutting-edge climate technologies by developing a robust accounting infrastructure for a set of emissions reduction and carbon removal techniques/value chains with environmental integrity at the core. The approach taken…

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The CCS+ Initiative’s first carbon accounting methodologies are now open for public consultation

NewsBy CCSplusJune 30, 2023

30 June: The CCS+ Initiative launched today for public consultation its first batch of carbon accounting methodologies, developed under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program. This is an important step on the journey to unlocking carbon finance for projects that reduce or remove carbon emissions, which are currently not financially viable, yet sorely needed to…

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New carbon market initiative to scale-up carbon capture and storage solutions

NewsBy CCSplusJune 16, 2021

Northern Lights, TotalEnergies, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, South Pole, Perspectives and Carbon Finance Labs announce launch of the CCS+ Initiative June 16, 2021 – Today an alliance of organizations announced the formation of the CCS+ Initiative, a new venture to leverage carbon markets and to scale up global decarbonization and carbon removal efforts. The CCS+…

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