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Bankable by design
Every deliverable is written for the reviewer who has to approve it — GCF, GEF, and Adaptation Fund criteria are the starting point, not an afterthought.
Climate Finance & Carbon Markets Advisory
Africa's climate ambition needs finance that actually lands.
CarbonSphere designs carbon projects, structures Article 6 transactions, and builds the MRV systems that turn climate finance pledges into disbursed capital — across Africa, from Lusaka.
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Our Methodology
A project lifecycle, not a service menu
Click through the five stages every mandate moves through — the sequence is what keeps a project bankable from concept to credit issuance.
Stage 01
Feasibility & baseline
Site and methodology screening, baseline emissions modelling, and a clear go/no-go recommendation before a dollar is committed.
- Site & land-tenure screening
- Baseline emissions calculation
- Methodology fit assessment
Stage 02
Project & MRV design
Methodology selection, monitoring plan, and the digital MRV architecture that will hold up to third-party verification.
- Methodology & monitoring plan
- Digital MRV architecture
- Stakeholder consultation design
Stage 03
Article 6 & finance structuring
ITMO authorisation pathways, corresponding adjustments, and the capital stack behind the project.
- Host-country authorisation
- Corresponding adjustment strategy
- Capital stack & blended finance
Stage 04
GCF / GEF / AF proposals
Full concept-note-to-funding-proposal drafting for the major climate funds, aligned to each fund's own criteria.
- Concept note development
- Full funding proposal drafting
- Fund-specific compliance review
Stage 05
Verification & reporting
Ongoing MRV, issuance support, and the reporting cadence funders and registries expect.
- Verification & validation support
- Credit issuance coordination
- Recurring funder reporting
Where We Work
Ten countries, one team that stays close to the ground
Click a country on the map to see the mandate we're running there.
Zambia
Article 6.2 host-country consultation
Supporting the host-country authorisation process for a corresponding-adjustment carbon project, including stakeholder consultation and registry alignment.
10 active or recently closed mandates — click any marker on the map.
Why CCAL
What a youth-led, Africa-based team gets right
Four things clients tell us they didn't expect from a climate advisory firm.
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Digital-first MRV
Monitoring systems built to hold up under third-party verification, not spreadsheets assembled the week before an audit.
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Local footing, global fluency
Based in Lusaka, fluent in Article 6 — we translate between district officials and international registries in both directions.
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Youth-led, expert-backed
A young team drawing on 30+ years of combined technical expertise, built to still be doing this work in 2050.
Bring us a mandate at any stage of the lifecycle
Whether it's a feasibility screen or a stalled GCF proposal, we plug in where you are.
Talk to our team