About Us

VCCSL designs, develops and undertakes projects that are capable of generating carbon revenues to improve livelihoods of rural communities by working closely with international agencies, governments, industry, research institutions, funding agencies and NGO partners to bring consolidated benefits to the poor who are hit hardest by climate change.

VCCSL

The only organization in India to have delivered carbon revenue from the sale of carbon credits to the farmers twice under CDM A/R large scale project
Created as an institutional delivery mechanism as per the advice of the World Bank to build Indian capacity in implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation projects
Responsible for delivery of carbon credits to enterprises and carbon revenue to the farmers
Provides support and hand-holding to farmers up to receipt of Carbon Emission Reductions (CERs)/ Voluntary Emission Reductions (VERs)/ Carbon Removal Units (CRUs)
Focuses mainly on rural and allied sectors to benefit from CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) and voluntary market mechanisms
Committed to linking rural communities to the global mechanisms for sustainable development
Domain knowledge in sectors like forestry, agriculture, coastal management, agroforestry, horticulture, bio-energy, biofuels, etc
Experts in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Human Resources, Social Change Management, Community development, and Environment
Strong tie-ups with international institutions, experts, consulting organizations, NGOs, companies, etc

Advisory and Consulting services offered

Pre Development stage services

Need analysis
Additionality assessment
Reference area determination
Baseline Establishment
ESG assessment
Leakage area determination
Deforestation/degradation estimation
Methodology selection
Risk assessment
Carbon modelling

Development stage services

Budgeting
Stakeholder consultation
Land use change management
Capacity Building
Carbon accounting
Monitoring and Evaluation
Documentation and dissemination

Our Team Members

VCCSL is headed by Board of Directors with experts and eminent persons in various fields. The President, Dr. Satyanarayana co-ordinates all the activities and is assisted by professional staff and consultants.