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Our Mission
The Arctic Climate Action Registry is a new registry
dedicated to mitigating greenhouse gases and other
emissions and activities affecting the Arctic region. Our
goal is to stimulate projects that slow down and ultimately
end the warming of the Arctic, with measurable progress
toward this goal within the next decade.
A Project of The Climate Institute
www.climate.org/acar
Why Focus on the Arctic?
Climate change in the
Arctic region is here.
Executive Director
The regional mean
John Topping, President, The Climate Institute
temperature in the
Arctic is rising more
Steering Committee
than twice as fast as
Luis Roberto Acosta, President, Instituto del Clima
the Earth as a whole.
Senator Heherson Alvarez, Commissioner of Climate Change,
Philippines
As a result, summertime Arctic sea ice is disappearing,
Steve Apfelbaum, President, Applied Ecological Services
is disappearing, and the Greenland Ice Sheet is melting at
Charles Bayless, NAEA Board Chairman; e3Greentech Board
of Directors
an ever-faster rate, increasing the rate of sea level rise.
Paul Bartlett, Environmental Scientist
into motion that are accelerating the rate of warming, with
Robert W. Corell, Principal, Global Environmental Technology
Foundation; Chair, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
potentially devastating implications for the whole planet.
Gary Dodge, Director of Science and Certification, Forest
Stewardship Council U.S.
against global climate change.
villages are being threatened with erosion, wildlife habitat
Moreover, regional warming feedback loops have been set
Stopping Arctic warming is the front line in the fight
Robert Engelman, President, Worldwatch Institute
Peter A. Globensky, Principal Consultant, BASA; Former CEO,
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Stephen Leatherman, Professor and Director of the
Laboratory for Coastal Research , Florida International
University
Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist, The Climate Institute
John Noel, President, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Conn Nugent, President, Heinz Center
What Can Be Done?
As daunting as the challenge of climate change is, there are
many opportunities to tackle warming in the Arctic region
through active mitigation efforts. These efforts revolve
around reducing emissions of three major contributors to
Arctic warming – methane, black carbon, and
tropospheric ozone.
Ata Qureshi, Former Team Leader, Asia Climate Change
Study
By focusing on these climate pollutants, the Arctic Climate
Stanley Rhodes, President, SCS Global Services
Action Registry seeks to make a demonstrable difference
Linda Schade, Executive Director, The Black Carbon
Reduction Council
and point the way toward further efforts that can alter the
trajectory of climate change worldwide.
Tim Warman, Vice President, Climate and Energy, National
Wildlife Federation
Carol Werner, Executive Director, Environmental and Energy
Study Institute
Daniel Wildcat, Professor, Haskell Indian Nations University;
Founder, American Indian Alaska Native Climate Change
Working Group
Find out how you can become
Arctic Climate Neutral.
Activities of the Registry
Our activities include the establishment of company and product Arctic climate impact profiles, creation of a
registry of projects that reduce these impacts, and establishment of the Arctic Climate Protection Network.
Project Registry —
Arctic Climate Change Mitigation
Arctic Climate Impact Profile Certification
Companies and other entities can register projects that
updated climate indicator assessment
reduce methane, black carbon, and tropospheric ozone
precursor emissions affecting the Arctic region, as well
as projects aimed at increasing albedo. Examples
include:
Apply life cycle assessment (LCA) based on
protocols* to determine your Arctic Climate
Impact Profile.
Arctic Climate Protection Network
Companies, agencies, institutions and
Shipping – Equipping ships
individuals can become part of the solution by
with electrostatic precipitators to capture black
participating in the Arctic Climate Protection
carbon, or using and
Network.
purchasing turbine-
To participate, sign up for Arctic
powered ships.
Climate Offset Credits.
Forest fires – Boreal
Participants who achieve
forest crown fire
Arctic Climate Neutral
suppression management
status, or who have made
under responsible forestry
demonstrable progress
guidelines.
toward that goal, can
publicize their active
Airlines – Reduced
efforts to help stop Arctic warming.
emissions from airline
fleets.
Arctic Climate Protection Education
Presentation materials for businesses, curricula
Pollution Prevention –
for schools, and downloadable apps are being
Stack emissions captured at
electricity production and
developed to create a greater understanding of
other industrial facilities.
the importance of solving the Arctic climate
crisis.
Methane Capture –
Methane capture for
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electricity generation.
For more information about how you can register your mitigation project
with the Arctic Climate Action Registry, establish your Arctic impact profile,
Geoengineering –
join the Arctic Climate Protection Network or become involved, contact
Consider projects such as
www.climate.org/acar.
“cloud brightening” that
could help cool the region.
• Assessment protocols being finalized under the American National Standards
Institute process in the SCS-002 Life Cycle Assessment standard.