Message From The President

The California Climate Action Registry was created in 2001 by the State of California with the purpose of protecting and promoting early actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Given that clear direction, the California Registry established emissions reporting protocols for entities and a database system, CARROT, for registering entity-wide emissions inventories. We have also served as a voice for our members with whom we have together influenced climate change policy, such as California’s AB32. The California Registry is proud that its members are well prepared to manage and reduce their GHG emissions and serve as leaders on a larger platform, as the issue of climate change becomes a main topic on regional, national and international levels.

Since its inception, the California Registry has established a strong reputation for expertise in GHG accounting and is well known for the integrity and credibility of its work. But the California Registry recognized that any success in reporting and reducing emissions must be based on consistent data in an integrated system that stretches beyond California’s borders, and to support this, the California Registry is transitioning all emissions reporting to its sister organization, The Climate Registry. The Climate Registry (www.theclimateregistry.org) is a nonprofit collaboration among North American states, provinces, territories and Native Sovereign Nations that sets consistent and transparent standards to calculate, verify and publicly report GHG emissions into a single registry.

The last year the California Registry will accept emissions inventory reports for is 2009. After this, all emissions inventory reporting will be referred to The Climate Registry. After the 2009 reporting year, however, the California Registry will continue operating as a program under its parent organization, the Climate Action Reserve. It will represent members to the State of California and maintain emissions data from members’ pioneering voluntary early action commitments.

In addition to the California Registry, two other programs are under the umbrella of the Climate Action Reserve. The Climate Action Reserve program (www.climateactionreserve.org) is the premier carbon offset registry for the U.S. carbon market. The Center for Climate Action program (www.centerforclimateaction.org) works to advance climate policy in the West through policy issues and initiatives. Under the scope of the Climate Action Reserve parent organization, these programs are able to operate on national and international levels.

We are proud of the work we have accomplished together with our members, and we are looking forward to continuing to work closely with our members to address the serious and urgent issue of climate change.