Positive Climate Solutions
The time to take action is now!
Climate change offers an unparalleled opportunity to change the trajectory of everything that we do.
The future can be sustainable and inclusive growth.
NATURE BASED CARBON AND DECARBONISATION PROJECT DEVELOPER
The rapidly intensifying global greenhouse gas and carbon problem is rooted in decades of unchecked emissions and environmental abuse caused by human activities; fossil fuel-based electricity generation transport systems, deforestation and industrialized agriculture.
Serendib Assets is a mission driven company bringing low carbon and climate resilience solutions from frontier and emerging markets to the global markets. By issuing nature-based carbon credits and facilitating financing into decarbonisation projects, the company aims to help address the climate and biodiversity crisis.
THE CLIMATE CRISIS
The world has a greenhouse gas emission problem, in particular carbon dioxide. Any delay in reducing GHG emissions makes it harder to achieve the 1.5 degrees temperature target set by the Paris Agreement – with massive impacts on people and nature. We have only a few years to change our trajectory in energy and industrialized agriculture systems if we are to mitigate the devastating impacts of global warming. There is an urgent need to fundamentally change everything we do.
Since the 1800s, human activity has been the main driver of climate change: the burning of fossil fuels produces heat-trapping gasses like CO2, methane and others, which adversely impacts the globe
IMPACT OF BURNING FOSSIL FUELS
- Increased global temperatures
- Rising sea levels
- Shrinking glaciers
- Increased heat contents of oceans
- Reduced Artic and Antarctic sea ice
- Increased global temperatures
- Rising sea levels
- Shrinking glaciers
- Increased heat contents of oceans
- Reduced Artic and Antarctic sea ice
OTHER CRITICAL ISSUES WE NEED TO ADDRESS
DEFORESTATION
10 million hectares per year
Rate of deforestation 2015 – 2020
SOIL DEGRADATION
Fertile topsoil is degrading 10 to 40 times the rate at which it can be naturally replenished
PLASTIC WASTE
More than 1.3 billion tons
of plastic waste will pollute the world’s oceans and landscapes over the next two decades
10.3 kilo hectare of natural forest
Loss of forest by 2019
US$ 90 — $125 per hectare
Annual environmental cost of soil depletion
1.59 million tonnes a year
of plastic waste - much of it ends up in the ocean
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL’S THE PROJECTS WILL DELIVER
Serendib Assets Solutions
Serendib Assets has a diverse portfolio of Greenhouse gas reduction projects that contribute to climate action and livelihood development in rural communities.
Plastic credit initiative by Serendib Assets intends to remove plastic from the environment. The initiative also provides solutions towards livelihood development & gender economic empowerment.
Serendib Assets facilitates financing for renewable energy projects as a driver for rapid decarbonization. Thus contributing towards climate change mitigation.
Serendib Assets Projects
Serendib Assets is tackling the challenges caused by accelerated climate change and impending loss of biodiversity. Our focus is implementing projects with positive impact on the environment and communities. Working with the foremost experts and the best hands-on partners, our projects are often transformative solution to tackle climate and biodiversity risks.
Gliricidia Carbon
The project plants Gliricidia trees as a boundary fence and as an intercrop tree. The model is replicable and scalable across the equator supporting community development and soil enhancement.
Methane Emission Reductions
The project implements the methane reduction method - Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) system in Sri Lanka to issue methane credits to support paddy farming communities.
About Serendib Assets
Serendib Assets is a project development partner that develops and de-risks nature-based carbon and renewable projects, so that they become an investable proposition. By developing a series of projects in Sri Lanka, the team are honing knowledge, skills and experience which can support other project developers.
