South Pole sviluppa strategie complete che trasformano l’azione climatica in opportunità aziendali a lungo termine per le aziende, i governi e le organizzazioni di tutto il mondo ed è all’avanguardia nella decarbonizzazione sin dal 2006. South Pole è anche uno sviluppatore leader di progetti e ne ha realizzati quasi mille nel settore dell’energia rinnovabile, della selvicoltura, dell’agricoltura, dell’industria, delle abitazioni e degli enti pubblici in oltre cinquanta paesi. Grazie a finanziamenti a favore del clima, South Pole ha consentito di risparmiare oltre un gigatone di emissioni di anidride carbonica, fornito benefici sociali a comunità svantaggiate particolarmente vulnerabili ai cambiamenti climatici, e contribuito a creare quasi 100.000 posti di lavoro nei paesi in via di sviluppo.
La nostra strategia di riduzione dei gas serra
Title:A oggi, rispetto alla base di riferimento dell’anno 2019, abbiamo già ridotto le emissioni di livello 1 e 2 del 12% e le emissioni di livello 3 del 26%. Continuiamo a investire sostanzialmente nella produzione, nella distribuzione, nei processi e nelle politiche per accelerare laHo riduzione dei nostri gas serra e operare in linea con l’Accordo di Parigi del 2015.
Una strategia climatica esaustiva include tutte le metodologie, comprese quelle di riduzione, rimozione e compensazione.
Infatti, oltre ai nostri ambiziosi piani di riduzione e ai progetti climatici con South Pole, abbiamo anche firmato di recente un accordo quinquennale con Climeworks allo scopo di rimuovere attivamente l’anidride carbonica direttamente dall’atmosfera (puoi scoprire di più qui).
La verità è che ogni soluzione climatica circolazione attualmente adottata (se certificata e addizionale) ha il suo valore. È importante mettere in atto tutte le misure e le soluzioni a disposizione, non una sola. Ecco perché, insieme a South Pole, abbiamo scelto tre progetti chiave per diversificare il nostro impatto nei settori della protezione della biodiversità, della gestione del biogas e dell’energia idroelettrica.
Huóshuĭ Small Hydropower
Title:中国の僻地にある山岳地帯にクリーンなエネルギーを
Subtitle:同様に、中国の山岳地帯の強大な河川を利用して、遠隔地のコミュニティやより広い地域で発電することができますが、水力発電所を設置するには多額の投資が必要です。プロジェクト以前、現地コミュニティは劣悪な生活条件下にありました。中国のエネルギー需要の80％が石炭火力発電所によって賄われていた当時、これらのコミュニティは安定した電力が利用できず、地域への投資はわずかでした。
Huóshuĭ Small Hydropowerは95基の小水力発電所で構成されています これは0.1～14MWの小型発電所で、中国の一般家庭50万戸以上の年間電力に相当する再生可能エネルギーを供給しています。流れ込み式を採用し、環境への影響を最小限に抑えることができます。
- プロジェクト基準：SocialCarbon、VCS Verified Carbon Standard
影響：
- 年間369,000トンのCO2e（二酸化炭素換算）を削減（SDG13）
- 年間74万MWhの再生可能エネルギーを発電（SDG7）
- 国連SDGs4、8、5への貢献。
Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve
Title:Preserving Borneo's tropical peat swamp forests and improving local lives
Subtitle:The Rimba Raya peat swamp forests are located in Central Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Before the project was established, these immensely biodiverse tropical peatlands were scheduled for conversion into four palm oil estates by the provincial government.
The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve protects 91,215 hectares of rich, tropical peat swamp forests which are monitored by local rangers as well as by satellite and aerial imagery. As well as preserving ecosystem diversity and the habitat of endangered species like the Bornean orangutan, the project reduces emissions by avoiding the planned deforestation of over 47,000 hectares of forests for palm oil production.
The Rimba Raya project not only sequesters carbon and protects habitat for local wildlife; it also promotes local sustainable development, particularly regarding environmental education and economic capacity building.
Project standards:
- Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards (Verra)
- VCS Verified Carbon Standard (Verra)
Impacts:
- 2,162 water filters distributed
- 47,237 hectares protected
- 3,500,000 tonnes of CO2e mitigated
Lan Dokmai Waste-to-energy
Title:Reducing climate impacts and helping with sustainable biogas
Subtitle:Thailand is one of the largest producers of Tapioca starch, which forms an important part of the economy. Unfortunately, starch production is a carbon-intensive process that not only damages the environment but also produces strong-smelling methane emissions from the wastewater that affect the quality of life in surrounding areas.
Rather than allowing the methane to escape freely into the atmosphere, the project captures the gas in order to produce clean electricity. This electricity powers production at the local starch factory; as a result, the air is cleaner and less fossil fuel needs to be purchased. This means that revenue can be generated to support social and educational activities in the community.
With less methane emissions, the quality of the air surrounding the plant has improved dramatically. In addition to this, new jobs and training opportunities for modern technologies are provided by the project. The treated wastewater is much cleaner and can be used for fish farming and irrigation of nearby fields, even the wastewater sludge is given to farmers and recycled for fertilizer.
Just like the renowned Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4) is also a greenhouse gas (GHG), so its presence in the atmosphere affects the earth’s temperature and climate system. Methane is emitted from a variety of anthropogenic (human-influenced) and natural sources. Methane is the second most abundant anthropogenic GHG after carbon dioxide, accounting for about 20% of global emissions, and is also more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. Therefore, reducing methane emissions has a significant effect on limiting global warming.
Project standards:
• Gold Standard (WWF)
• CDM Clean Development Mechanism (UN FCCC)
Impacts:
- 20,000 tonnes of CO2e
- 2,100 m2 of cleaned wastewater
- 2,200 litres of fossil fuels saved
Frequently Asked Questions
What are carbon credits and how do they work?
Projects must adhere to a rigorous set of criteria to pass verification by third-party agencies and a review by a panel of experts at a leading carbon offset standard like Verra or Gold Standard. After an organization or an individual buys a carbon credit, the credit is permanently retired so it can't be reused.
What makes a good climate action project?
How do I know that the emission reductions are actually happening? What does additionality mean?
For transparency, carbon credits are assigned serial numbers and are issued, transferred and permanently retired in publicly accessible emission registries.
Additionality means that the reductions in emissions achieved by the project must be “above business as usual". That means they would not have happened unless the project was implemented. By purchasing high-quality and verified carbon credits you are directly funding climate action and sustainable development.
What are the different types of climate action projects?
- The first avoids greenhouse gas emissions, for example replacing fossil fuel-derived energy with energy from renewable sources.
- The second removes emissions from the atmosphere, for example, planting more trees, which sequester - or capture - carbon from the atmosphere and store it in liquid or solid form.
- The third captures and destroys emissions, for example capturing methane–a GHG many times more potent than carbon dioxide–from wastewater.
Our global partner South Pole has hundreds of different climate action projects, which cover the following areas:
- Nature-based-solutions (reforestation, land restoration, forest protection, sustainable land management and agriculture)
- Renewable energy (hydropower projects, wind projects, solar power and geothermal)
- Community projects (improved cookstove technology, access to safe water)
- Waste-to-energy (biogas from landfill or industry, and biomass).
