Climate Focus B.V. services

Climate law and regulation is expanding as countries adopt regional and national laws to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by shifting to less carbon-intensive industries and cleaner methods of production. On the international level, negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are issuing guidance and policy directives on the road to a post-2012 agreement.

Arranging carbon finance requires intimate knowledge of the carbon market and a track record in project finance. A menu of financing options and financial instruments are available for carbon projects from equity investments, loan backed carbon instruments and forward sales.Climate Focus helps clients understand their options and successfully monetise their carbon assets to attract favourable financing. We also assist investors identify investment opportunities in the carbon market and assess the value of carbon project portfolios. As Climate Focus has experience working in the carbon market since its inception, we are well positioned to help clients judge the value of project and company value, offer prudent investment direction, and source promising investment opportunities in projects and mergers and acquisitions.

It is crucial to know the value and risks of a carbon asset given the complexity of carbon markets. Identifying and assessing carbon project and credits, often traded on a forward basis, allows projects investors to realize the full projected value of carbon assets in the future. Climate Focus specializes in providing due diligence services for carbon credit buyers and project developers. For buyers, Climate Focus’s evaluations help our clients move beyond project documentation and assess a range of realistic estimates of possible outcomes informed by years of project-level experience. For project developers, our due diligence services offer insights into a full range of project risks and options to mitigate these before seeking investors. This standard assessment can be tailored to the specific needs of clients and can be adapted to comprise either a quick initial assessment or a full-fledged due diligence.

The best time to make GHG emission reductions part of your project is in the design phase. Starting at the earliest possible time allows project developers to account for emission reductions when choosing technologies, developing monitoring systems, and securing financing. Foresight can often save significant time and resources during over a project lifetime and improve the chances of a successful outcome.Climate Focus serves as a partner for carbon market buyers and sellers investing in or developing carbon assets. We advise developers to ensure projects meet regulatory requirements, achieve optimal emission reductions and resolve complex technical or legal matters such as the rules and regulations of carbon market standards. We also have the capacity to assist in the development of new methodologies or the revision of existing ones, and prepare or review project documentation.

Professional training and capacity building is essential to assist governments and stakeholders effectively engage in climate change mitigation efforts and equitably explore new business opportunities. Climate Focus has trained a number of governments and private sector companies world-wide prepare for climate change policies and markets. Climate Focus has improved knowledge of public and private entities from government agencies to large corporation through tailored materials, trainings and workshops on climate change policy, technical and commercial issuesClimate Focus’ capacity building activities provide a rigorous, up-to-date and simplified understanding of the evolving and complex climate change field. Climate Focus can design and deliver training modules for governments, project developers and stakeholders on a range of issues associated with climate change mitigation and carbon markets.

Carbon finance is a powerful incentive to improve the treatment of waste methane globally. As organic waste decomposes, it produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas with 21 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide. Although existing technologies to capture, flare and even use methane from landfills are available and comparatively cheap, most developing countries do not regulate methane emissions or lack the incentive mechanisms to promote relevant technologies.