Thank You.
Thank you for downloading our free Landowner Guide to Carbon Projects. If you don't receive it, please contact us at info@climatetrust.org
If your land is a good fit for a carbon project, we will contact you to schedule a free consultation to learn more about you and your vision for your land.
If your land is a good fit for a carbon project, we will contact you to schedule a free consultation to learn more about you and your vision for your land.
Working with The Climate Trust
We work directly with landowners to design reforestation projects after natural disturbances or afforestation projects to help establish new forestlands with landowner objectives driving our collaborative decision-making. The Climate Trust will cover the cost of all tree planting for landowners and managers using native, site-appropriate seedlings. Once planted, eligible forestland will be enrolled in a carbon offset development project. The Climate Trust handles all aspects of project development from land monitoring to the marketing and sales of carbon credits.
As the landowner or manager, you then receive the ongoing carbon revenue from your project and have the ability to manage the resulting forest for timber, recreation, and other objectives. As one of the oldest carbon entities in the nation, we have worked with climate vulnerable communities around the nation and have a breadth of project development and forestry expertise—ensuring that your forest can generate revenue for you while growing into a healthy ecosystem that supports wildlife, water quality, biodiversity, and your community.
Our Partners
We partner with public and private landowners, managers, land trusts, and Tribal nations to develop carbon projects.
Hurricane Michael Family Forest Restoration
In 2018, Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida panhandle as the first Category 5 hurricane in 26 years, decimating properties and causing over $25 billion in damage. After the storm, The Climate Trust provided funding to restore 1,400 acres of land owned by three family forest owners that would not otherwise recover to productive working forests in a meaningful timeframe. This investment allowed the families to recover lost timber revenue and have an incentive to reforest lands that support climate resiliency.
Project Development Process
The Climate Trust works directly with landowners to determine their eligibility, record a conservation easement with their land trust, model GHG emissions, develop a project and conduct ongoing monitoring of the land, manage third-party verification, and conduct marketing and sales of resulting carbon credits.
Landowners are our shareholders.
As a nonprofit organization, we serve landowners first and foremost—honoring their good land stewardship and commitment to conserving their natural lands for generations to come. Since our founding in 1997, we have been working alongside landowners to implement climate solutions that conserve America’s lands and make carbon markets more accessible.