Beyond Carbon: How to Invest in Projects That Deliver More Holistic Returns

Done right, climate projects can produce far more than carbon credits. Appropriately designed investment can boost biodiversity, local economies and community resilience. Unfortunately, a shoddily designed project may produce low-integrity offsets and actually hurt people or the environment.

To promote the former and eliminate the latter, forward-looking organizations are using remote sensing and other technologies to monitor much more than the carbon avoided or removed by a project. Others are building on years of experience of community engagement to establish best practices to involve local people in a meaningful way. We’ll kick off the session with case studies from three innovative leaders, then turn the session over to the audience for questions.