Scaling Rapidly to Meet the Challenge

Our focus is on projects that can effectively help slow the rise in global temperatures, in order to prevent an overshoot of the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C threshold, and gradually restore balance toward more sustainable levels.

Optimistic forecasts and policies suggest that we can restore global temperatures to levels below 1.5°C even after an overshoot of this temperature threshold occurs. But such an overshoot will greatly exacerbate the impacts of climate change, and we will be in uncharted climate territory. Moreover, climate scientists agree that the 1.5°C threshold itself is not “safe” for the planet, as the IPCC described in its 2018 publication, Global Warming of 1.5°C. Even at current temperatures between 1.1 and 1.2°C, dangerous and potentially irreversible consequences have already been unleashed.

Flood

The time for action is now. The IPCC has forecast that the Earth could reach 1.5°C above normal as early as 2030 and has spotlighted major impacts, many irreversible, that will occur if the world slips past this target.

This Registry provides opportunities for governments, corporations, institutions, organizations, and individuals to directly support pivotal climate projects, through the purchase of offset or investment credits.

Both of these temperature thresholds are associated with dangerous impacts and irreversible climate system tipping points. Even more alarming is the fact that the Earth’s energy balance has already been sufficiently disrupted to make these dangerous increases in temperature inevitable unless rapid steps are taken to restore the natural balance.  

AR6 Scenario Projections for Global Warming
Source: IPCC (2021) Table SPM.1

 

Near term, 2021–2040

Mid-term, 2041–2060

Long-term, 2081–2100

Scenario

Best estimate (C)

Very likely range (C)

Best estimate (C)

Very likely range (C)

Best estimate (C)

Very likely range (C)

SSP1–1.9

1.5

1.2 to 1.7

1.6

1.2 to 2.0

1.4

1.0 to 1.8

SSP1–2.6

1.5

1.2 to 1.8

1.7

1.3 to 2.2

1.8

1.3 to 2.4

SSP2–4.5

1.5

1.2 to 1.8

2.0

1.6 to 2.5

2.7

2.1 to 3.5

SSP3–7.0

1.5

1.2 to 1.8

2.1

1.7 to 2.6

3.6

2.8 to 4.6

SSP5–8.5

1.6

1.3 to 1.9

2.4

1.9 to 3.0

4.4

3.3 to 5.7

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The SCS Global Registry is a platform and clearinghouse for the evaluation, registration and financing of climate mitigation projects. Its focus is on projects that can contribute meaningfully to the reduction of excess planetary heat, measured as radiative forcing (RF), both in the near-term and longer-term. Our goal is to support efforts that can stabilize and ultimately restore Earth’s climate, while simultaneously providing additional human health and environmental co-benefits in concert with UN Sustainable Development Goals. SCS Global Registry is a non-profit organization, and an affiliate of Scientific Certification Systems, Inc. and its family of SCS organizations.

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