Tracey Osborne
Indigenous communities manage lands storing 300 billion tons of carbon but receive less than 1% of climate finance. Critical to natural climate solutions, they remain locked out of designing and leading carbon projects.
The Idea
Platform to develop community-centered carbon deals.
Organization
Organization
Climate Justice Standard
The Mission
Thriving ecosystems and communities.
How It Works
Climate Justice Standard helps Indigenous communities design and run carbon projects. Its AI assisted platform and training make it easier to monitor forests, plan for the future, and manage funds—early evidence shows it can cut project costs and timelines by up to 70%.
The Dream
Businesses provide platforms and tools that enable Indigenous communities worldwide to lead their own carbon projects, paid for by carbon buyers and community-allied organizations demanding social integrity certification.
Why We Picked Tracey
Tracey Osborne has spent her career reshaping how carbon is valued and who benefits—from academia at UC Merced to a Google research stint and a Fulbright focused on developing the standard. Since founding CJS in 2022, she's piloted the platform with the Kichwa People of Sarayaku in Ecuador and has 135,000 hectares in development. The big test is proving the AI-assisted platform can scale, cut project costs significantly and consistently, and enable Indigenous communities worldwide to lead their own carbon deals.
