After wildfires and other disturbances, forests often go unplanted and the land remains in an unproductive and degraded state. Reforestation and afforestation projects offer one of the largest opportunities to reduce carbon emissions and store more carbon in the trees than any other nature-based solution. Replanting these forests restores diverse ecosystems and builds climate resiliency for wildlife and communities.

With a focus on climate vulnerable communities and ecosystems, The Climate Trust ensures that carbon markets are accessible to diverse landowners who historically have not been able to benefit from them. By restoring forests and planting new trees, we can drive new economic opportunities, revitalize our great American landscapes, and create thriving forest ecosystems that benefit the climate and the people that live there.

The Climate Trust works directly with landowners to determine their eligibility, plant and maintain forests, measure, model, and verify forest growth, and market and sell resulting carbon credits.
TCT foresters collaborate with landowners to design a reforestation project with native, site-appropriate tree seedlings to re-establish a working forest that meets landowner objectives.
TCT pays for and manages tree planting activities, including site preparation and post-establishment treatments.
Landowner and TCT enter into a partnership wherein TCT develops, manages and sells carbon offsets over a 40-year term.
Landowner provides access to TCT for forest establishment and monitoring.
Landowner and TCT share revenues from offsets during the 40-year term to support ongoing management.
Landowner retains all climate-smart timber revenue and commits to foregoing regeneration harvests until the 40-year term has expired.