The CCBA is a unique partnership of leading international NGOs that was founded in 2003 with a mission to stimulate and promote land management activities that credibly mitigate global climate change, improve the well-being and reduce the poverty of local communities, and conserve biodiversity. The CCBA brings together diverse stakeholders through a transparent and inclusive participatory process to develop standards and tools that stimulate, identify and promote high quality multiple-benefit land management activities.
CCBA initiatives include:
- Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards, for site-based projects, developed by the CCBA and managed by Verra since November 2014
- REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards (REDD+ SES), for government-led strategies and actions to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation
- Sustainable Landscapes Rating Tool
Members
The members of the CCBA are non-governmental organizations.
- CARE
- Conservation International
- The Nature Conservancy
- Rainforest Alliance
- Wildlife Conservation Society
Advising Institutions
Three respected international tropical forest research institutions helped revise the Standards based on public comments and field-testing.
- Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensanansa, CATIE
- The World Agroforestry Center, ICRAF
- Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR
Past Donors to the CCB Standards
The CCB Standards development and management has been funded in the past by contributions from philanthropic foundations and corporations including:
- The Blue Moon Fund
- The Kraft Fund (administered by the NY Community Trust)
- BP
- Hyundai
- Intel
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- SC Johnson
- Sustainable Forestry Management (SFM)
- Weyerhaeuser
For more information about the CCBA, please contact:
Joanna Durbin
CCBA Director
2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22202
USA
Tel: +1 (703) 341-2400
Email: jdurbin@climate-standards.org