Integrated Carbon Management System for Government
An Integrated Carbon Management System (ICMS) is essential for governments to manage their carbon assets efficiently while driving compliance with national and international climate regulations. Such a system enables oversight, project tracking, and financial matching, ensuring the effective deployment of global climate investments. By streamlining regulatory processes, enhancing transparency, and mitigating fraud, an ICMS can significantly bolster government revenue through taxes and licensing fees, while promoting sustainable development and equitable benefit-sharing within communities. With real-time monitoring and advanced analytics, governments can optimize carbon market performance and contribute meaningfully to global climate goals.
Key Features
Facilitating Trading under Article 6.2 and 6.4
The ICMS supports Kenya’s participation in international carbon markets by enabling seamless trading under Article 6.2 and 6.4 of the Paris Agreement, as well as in the voluntary carbon market.
VCM Facilitation
We enable participation in the voluntary carbon market through multiple channels, including:
Marketplace for Carbon Credits: A secure platform for buying and selling carbon credits.
Investor Portal: Connecting investors with project developers to secure funding for carbon projects.
VVB Portal: Facilitating project validation and verification by accredited bodies to ensure compliance with global standards.
Project Lifecycle Documentation
The ICMS provides end-to-end project documentation, from the initial Project Design Document (PDD) to ongoing MRV and performance reporting ensuring full lifecycle visibility.
Integration with International Registries
We have benchmarked our ICMS against other leading global registry platforms, including the UNDP open-source carbon registry, and developed integration options to facilitate seamless international collaboration. We have benchmarked our system against international standards and platforms like the UNDP open-source carbon registry, and our ICMS is fully capable of integrating with these systems to enable seamless participation in global markets.
Community Benefit Sharing Tracking
Our system tracks community benefit-sharing arrangements, ensuring transparency and adherence to the regulatory guidelines for equitable distribution of carbon revenues.
Fee Payment and Management and public listing
Integrated systems for managing developer fees and other financial obligations, ensuring transparent and efficient revenue collection. Approved projects are publicly listed withholding any confidential data Representatives from the DNA can approve or reject a project as VCM, CDM, article 6 and offer the right document e.g letter of no objection. Approved project developers can self onboard their projects as per the first schedule – application form. Projects can make the necessary payments to get approved.
