Balkan Carbon Credit Registry

Carbon Farming and Climate Change: A Sustainable Solution with Significant Potential

Date: July 30, 2025

Climate change is being felt increasingly – both globally and locally. Droughts, floods, erosion, and loss of soil fertility are deteriorating farming conditions and threatening food security. In this context, carbon farming is emerging as an innovative and effective strategy for adaptation and mitigation of climate change.

Across the Balkans, such initiatives are developing successfully thanks to structures like the Balkan Carbon Credits Registry (BCCR) – the first independent platform for the registration, traceability, and retirement of carbon credits generated through sustainable practices in agriculture and other sectors.

What is Carbon Farming?

International agreements to combat climate change

Date: July 16, 2025

The global fight against climate change is a unifying cause for countries, institutions and citizens around the world. Since the early 1990s, the international community has taken consistent steps by signing agreements that aim to limit global warming, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a sustainable future. Within this long-term global framework, the Balkan Carbon Credits Registry (BCCR) complements these efforts by building a mechanism to support transparent, verifiable and tradable climate projects.

Chronology of key international agreements

1. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - 1992

Carbon Credits and the Global Market

Date: June 18, 2025

Carbon credits have become a key tool in global efforts to tackle climate change. They are certificates that certify the reduction or removal of one ton of carbon dioxide (CO₂) or its equivalent from the atmosphere. These credits are used by both governments and companies to offset their carbon emissions—whether mandatory or voluntary.

1. The Global Carbon Credit Market: Current Status

Reducing Carbon Emissions – Goals and Policies of the European Union

Date: June 4, 2025

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing modern society. In response to this global crisis, the European Union (EU) has developed a comprehensive legislative framework and long-term strategy for decarbonizing the economy. The main goal is to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, which means a complete balance between greenhouse gas emissions and removals.

In this process, the Balkan Carbon Credits Registry (BCCR) plays an important role, providing a tool to support local and regional efforts to reduce emissions through full transparency, traceability, and the retirement of carbon credits.

1. EU Goals for Carbon Emission Reduction

Types of Projects for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) in Europe

Date: May 28, 2025

Europe is one of the most active regions in the world in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. The continent includes 27 European Union member states and several other countries from the European Economic Area and the Balkans, all united by a common ambition: achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

Europe's territory is diverse—from the Arctic regions of Scandinavia, across the broad plains of Central Europe, to the Mediterranean coasts and the mountainous regions of the Balkans. This diversity of natural conditions influences the choice and implementation of various types of carbon reduction projects.

In this dynamic environment, the Balkan Carbon Credits Registry (BCCR) plays an important role by providing a platform for registering, tracking, and retiring carbon credits based on credible emissions reduction projects.

1. Renewable Energy Projects

Types of Projects for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) in the Balkans

Date: May 14, 2025

With growing pressure to achieve climate neutrality and fulfill the commitments under the Paris Agreement, the Balkan region is seeing an increase in projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Countries in the region are undertaking a variety of initiatives focused on lowering their carbon footprint, modernizing their economies, and promoting sustainable development.

In this context, the Balkan Carbon Credits Registry (BCCR) plays a key role by providing an official and transparent platform for the registration of projects and issuance of verified carbon credits.

1. Renewable Energy Projects

Types of Standards/Methodologies/Programs for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Date: April 30,2025

Calculating the carbon footprint is the first and most crucial step for organizations, municipalities, and individuals in managing, reducing, and offsetting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This process helps assess the climate impact of a specific activity, product, or entire organization and serves as a foundation for developing sustainable strategies.

The Balkan Carbon Credits Registry (BCCR) plays a significant role in the decarbonization process by providing a platform for registering projects based on reliable methodologies.

1. ISO 14064 – A Globally Accepted Standard for Verification and Calculation of Emissions

Types of Standards/Methodologies/Programs for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Date: April 16, 2025

With the growing importance of sustainable development and climate neutrality, the international community is actively investing in the development of standards, methodologies, and programs for measuring, reporting, and verifying greenhouse gas emission reductions. These tools form the foundation of carbon credit systems in both mandatory and voluntary markets. They ensure that reductions are real, additional, measurable, and long-term.

In this context, the Balkan Carbon Credits Registry (BCCR) serves as a platform for the registration and tracking of carbon credits based on verified methodologies and plays an essential role in ensuring transparency and trust in the regional market.

1. ISO Standards – A Global Basis for Reliability

Environmental Impact of Different Greenhouse Gas Removal Projects

March 26, 2025

Projects aimed at removing greenhouse gas emissions play a key role in global climate mitigation efforts. These initiatives not only reduce atmospheric GHG concentrations but also have diverse environmental impacts. This article examines various project types and their ecological effects.

1. Renewable Energy Projects

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Countries and Sectors

March 12, 2025

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are major drivers of climate change, and their emissions vary significantly across countries and sectors. Understanding these differences is essential for developing effective emission reduction strategies and achieving climate neutrality.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector

Certification of Carbon Removals in the EU

Date: February 26, 2025

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) removal is the process of extracting CO₂ from the atmosphere and storing it in various forms, such as organic carbon (C) in soil, biomass, or through technological methods. This process is essential for mitigating climate change, as it reduces the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The Importance of Carbon Removals for Climate and the Environment

Types of Registries for the Compliance and Voluntary Carbon Market

Date: February 12, 2025

Carbon registries are essential tools for managing and tracking carbon credits in both compliance and voluntary markets. They ensure transparency, reliability, and trust in emissions trading systems by maintaining records of the issuance, ownership, transfer, and cancellation of carbon credits.

Compliance Carbon Credit Market

Date: January 31, 2025

The compliance (mandatory) carbon credit market is a key mechanism in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change. This market operates through regulatory frameworks that impose limits on the number of emissions certain industries or companies can produce.

What is the Compliance Carbon Credit Market?

Voluntary market for carbon credits.

Date: January 28, 2025

Carbon credits are a key tool in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. They are certificates that verify the avoidance or removal of one ton of carbon dioxide (CO₂) or an equivalent amount of other greenhouse gases. These credits are generated through various projects such as carbon farming programs, renewable energy production, reforestation, energy efficiency improvements, and carbon capture and storage.

Voluntary market for carbon credits.

Transparency. Accuracy. Accountability.