Solar Energy
Solar energy has the capability to reduce up to 112 gigatons of CO2 equivalent by 2050 by replacing fossil-fuels in electricity generation, per Project Drawdown. When you choosethe Solar Energy Development for your Counterbalance, you are helping the world soak up the sun to provide clean energy around the world.
Wind Energy
One of the most impactful ways to reduce emissions is with renewable, energy from onshore wind turbines. Capable of reducing up to 143 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2050. Replacing fossil fuels, wind energy is one of the top solutions to mitigating climate change. Selecting Wind Energy for your Counterbalance climate action project helps finance the development of wind turbines globally to displace fossil fuels like coal.
Forest Restoration
Temperate and Tropical Forest protection and restoration.
Efficient Cookstoves
Climate Action Projects reducing deforestation by supporting Biomass and Forest Conservation via improved Efficiency Cookstoves.
(Fluorinated Gas Disposal)
Refrigerant Management
Refrigerants like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) all have a high global warming potential. HFCs have 1,000 to 9,000 times greater capacity to warm the atmosphere than carbon dioxide and their release into the environment contributes to climate change. 90 percent of refrigerant emissions happen at end of life, making effective disposal of those currently in circulation essential. After being carefully removed and stored, refrigerants can be purified for reuse or transformed into chemicals that do not cause warming.
Tree plantations On Degraded Lands
Reforesting lands with native trees that have been degraded from agriculture, mining, or timber harvesting can sequester up to 36 gigatons CO2 equivalent by 2050. Counterbalance supports projects that plant trees to protect wildlife, including endangered species, produce high quality timber to reduce illegal logging, and sequester carbon in timber, biomass, and soils.
Methane Capture & Biogas
Climate action projects that support sealing abandoned oil wells as well as projects distributing bio-digesters that convert methane from waste into biogas to be used for cooking.
Safe Drinking Water
Climate action projects supporting the provision of water filters or pumps in rural communities to eliminate emissions from boiling water.
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Direct Air Capture
Counterbalance supports climate action projects using innovative technologies to sequester carbon dioxide via direct air capture (DAC) and biomass carbon removal and storage (BiRCS).