True Credits: Carbon Removals Without Reversal Risk
True Credits measure climate impact that has already happened, rather than relying on promises about what will happen decades into the future.
Precise. Complete. No reversal risk.
A Better Way to Measure Carbon Impact
Most nature-based carbon credits rely on promises about future impact. They issue credits today which represent carbon not yet stored decades into the future.
True Credits work differently.
We measure climate impact that has already occurred, verify it, and account for its duration before a credit is issued.
No promises that can be broken. No reversal risk. Just verified impact, already delivered.
How True Credits Work
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Precise
Measures all three dimensions of climate impact
Climate impact isn't one-dimensional. It matters how much carbon is stored, when that impact occurs, and how long it lasts.
True Credits account for all three mathematically.
Precision here means more than highly accurate measurement. Project-specific tools like ground sampling, LiDAR, aerial imagery, and thousands of data points can tell us precisely how much carbon is stored.
True Credits go further by also accounting for when that impact occurs and how long it lasts.
Precision across every dimension.
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How much carbon is stored
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When the climate impact occurs
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How long the impact lasts
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Complete
Accounts for the full climate impact
A ton of CO₂ emitted today continues warming the atmosphere for tens of thousands of years. Traditional carbon credits may store carbon for just a few decades. That difference matters.
True Credits account for the duration of climate impact, taking a durability deduction before issuance to account for unmitigated emissions after the project. This creates complete emissions equivalence between the credit and the emissions it offsets.
Complete climate accounting.
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Accounts for the duration of climate impact
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Grounded in established climate science
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Takes the durability deduction before issuance
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Accounts for unmitigated emissions after the project
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No Reversal Risk
Climate impact first. Credit second.
Traditional carbon credits issue credits today based on a promise that carbon will remain stored for decades. If that promise is broken, the credited climate benefit can be reversed.
True Credits don't make that promise.
We measure what has already occurred, verify the outcome, and issue a credit that claims only what has actually been delivered. Future impact is credited in the future, not before then.
No promises that can be broken.
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No crediting of future climate impact
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No dependence on decades of future storage
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No reversal risk after issuance
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Future impact is credited in the future