Natural Climate Solutions Alliance

1. NCS credits contribute to mitigating climate change; to promoting biodiversity conservation and supporting sustainable development and livelihoods for local communities and Indigenous People. Read NCS in Action and watch this video.
2. The urgency of the climate crisis requires that businesses demonstrate leadership by counterbalancing year-on-year their annual unabated emissions through the purchase of high-quality Natural Climate Solutions carbon emissions reduction and removal credits. Read Natural Climate Solutions and the Voluntary Carbon Market: A Guide for C-suite Executives and watch this video.
3. Businesses should plan and implement a procurement strategy designed to identify high quality Natural Climate Solutions credits and avoid the reputational risks associated with purchasing low-quality carbon credits. Read A Buyer's Guide to Natural Climate Solutions Carbon Credits, watch this video and hear from businesses who are NCS Leaders.
4. Learn more about the procurement process for NCS credits by visiting the NCS Procurement Hub.
5. Learn about the many acronyms associated with Natural Climate Solutions voluntary carbon credits. Watch this video and learn what NCS, VCM, IC VCM, CCP, IPLC, FPIC, REDD+, J-REDD, VCMI, BVCM mean.

NCS interventions are diverse – spanning the protection and conservation, sustainable management and restoration of ecosystems across geographies and socio-economic contexts. These characteristics are important to understand as they ultimately influence the potential biodiversity gains and benefits to people that projects and programs can achieve.

NCS in Action are examples of a diverse range of NCS projects that deliver carbon credits through the protection, improved management and restoration of nature.