What kind of positive results will clients see from an investment with Belgrave Trust? As a member, you will be facilitating global offset projects and new technology in countries that may not have government-funded projects or resources in place, to offset carbon emissions. A membership to Belgrave Trust is not only a wise personal investment but makes for an ideal gift, particularly for that person who has, well let’s face it: Everything. Not only will you receive the satisfaction that your investments are truly giving back to the environment but Belgrave Trust rewards membership time with unique gifts like wood chess sets made by Punjabi artisans or hand-crafted copper bowls.

Check out our quick start guide to gifts here and find out more.

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Personal Carbon Offsets by Belgrave Trust

Ease the guilt felt by some eco-conscious business travelers with a subscription to a personal carbon offset program by Belgrave Trust. The Web-based service lets you create a carbon usage profile based on factors such as your job, cars, residences, and travel, and then suggests how much you would need to invest in carbon offsets via Belgrave to lead a more eco-friendly life.

Here’s a quick start guide that’ll help for that special CEO in your life — or anyone else you can think of that might have an interest in joining a community of forward-thinking people making a personal committment to tackle climate change.

The right gift gives you the opportunity to show that you’re astute and detail-oriented, but also not over-the-top with your spending when most companies are cutting back. It’s the art of the subtle quid pro quo. Giving something actually useful shows your client that you’re a savvy and bankable person to do business.

And what better example but The Belgrave Trust, perhaps this year you should pick…

Some carbon offsetting. Show the other CEOs how globally conscious you are and purchase carbon offsets for them to balance a bit of that fuel inefficient jet setting they do. Belgrave Trust has a fancy algorithm that calculates a person’s carbon footprint and guides them on how to work toward a carbon neutral life through a portfolio of climate change-focused companies.

It’s what pop culture types call “The Tipping Point” and what complex adaptive systems researchers call a “phase change” or inflection. And Hollywood if I recall correctly memorably once called it a “critical desalinization point” in a movie starring a very fetching young actor and featuring a cargo ship inexplicably full of wolves parked in front of the New York Public Library.

But I digress, this is serious stuff, there’s new science out just now, and it’s scary. One of the most thorough research projects yet has made some interesting discoveries:

JUST months – that’s how long it took for Europe to be engulfed by an ice age. The scenario, which comes straight out of Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, was revealed by the most precise record of the climate from palaeohistory ever generated.

“This is significantly shorter than what has been suggested before, but it is plausible,” says Derek Vance of the University of Bristol, UK. Hans Renssen, a climate researcher at Vrije University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, says recent findings from Greenland ice cores indicate the Younger Dryas event may have happened in one to three years. Patterson’s results confirm this was a very sudden change, he says.

And don’t let the fact that Europe happened to end up cooler fool you, warming occured elsewhere, and the real take away here is the fact that climate change can be so rapid and severe:

Patterson says that sudden climate switches like the Big Freeze are far from unusual in the geological record. The Younger Dryas was brought about when a glacial lake covering most of north-west Canada burst its banks and poured into the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. The huge flood diluted the salinity-driven North Atlantic Ocean mega-currents, including the Gulf Stream, and stalled it.

Some climate scientists have suggested that the Greenland ice sheet could have the same effect if it suddenly melts through climate change,

Indeed they have, and it’s not pretty.

So if you don’t have your own Dennis Quaid super-dad on call for you, perhaps doing your part to make a difference is the next order of business.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Belgrave Trust Sparks Innovation in Carbon Offsetting for Individuals, Taps Power and Speed of Global Markets

7% of World`s Wealthiest Responsible for 50% of Global Carbon Emissions

First Service Of Its Kind Service Targets Key Group Of Leaders And Trendsetters

NEW YORK- BelgraveTrust today unveiled a first of its kind membership service designed to help individuals live carbon neutral. Based on the founding principles of commitment to diversification, innovation driven solutions to climate change, and efficiency for its users; the web-based service manages and retires carbon offsets to counter members` monthly emissions using an actively managed portfolio of high quality offset projects, and a robust calculator that’s a leap forward in efficiency and breadth of measurement. With the wealthiest 7% of individuals responsible for over half of the world`s greenhouse gas emissions, taking action at the individual level right now is as essential as action at the government level. Belgrave Trust gives individuals a comprehensive way to live carbon neutral, today.

“When there’s a demand, markets have proven their ability to deliver solutions efficiently, rapidly, and globally,” said Founding Member Jeff Stewart, illustrating Belgrave Trust’s vision. “Because carbon offsets fund the development of alternative solutions, our members don’t just reduce global emissions, they also drive innovation.”

Belgrave Trust’s members make a monthly commitment based on the carbon footprint of their lifestyle using Belgrave Trust’s breakthrough calculation engine to determine their impact, from basics to high-emitting activities and hobbies. Optimized for accuracy, efficiency and ease of use, the calculation engine’s algorithm is a combination of sophisticated modeling based on actuarial principles, and the consensus methodology of the scientific community.

As a new member first calculates their footprint, they instantly see how their choices directly impact their emissions, encouraging responsible mitigation. Belgrave Trust also makes it easy to give the gift of living carbon neutral through its online portal.

“The very first thing we did was reach out, convene focus groups and interviews, and talk to real people.” said Founding Member Nicholas Baily “We were surprised to find that many among the affluent have been deeply concerned about climate change long before it became mainstream, but that no one was engaging this group in a way that matched their values. Our members don’t just want to reduce, they want to live a completely carbon neutral life.”

Belgrave Trust represents a notable evolution, drawing on best practices from the worlds of business, actuarial science and high-end consumer service in order to help individuals measurably address climate change. The service’s actively managed portfolio is diversified, subject to intense review, and relies on the most trusted verification standards for all offset projects selected.

Through diversification comes strength and confidence, as members are assured that if for any reason certain projects don’t reach their potential, allocations are shifted elsewhere in real time. And through innovation funding, Belgrave Trust is able to support experimental technologies and help provide the incentives necessary to bring about game-changing solutions.

A community of leaders, Belgrave Trust’s membership shares a set of common values. Founded on the principles of ease through simplicity, innovation via markets, and strength from diversification, Belgrave Trust is a single point choice that is the most efficient and effective way to live carbon neutral.

To comprehensively measure your carbon footprint in minutes (no commitment necessary) and become a member visit Belgrave Trust at http://www.BelgraveTrust.com

But as I read the article linked above, I couldn’t help but wonder why they didn’t include one of the many voices that have correctly noted that at root it’s consumption, not population, that’s the defining independent variable for emissions. Especially as David Satterthwaite had so recently written a tightly researched study [PDF] with the primary conclusion that “it is not the growth in (urban or rural) populations that drives the growth in greenhouse gas emissions but rather, the growth in consumers and in their levels of consumption.”

Sure enough, if you read through to the end, thankfully his point of view is included:

Population growth in poor nations has often been exaggerated as a factor in emissions, according to David Satterthwaite, of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

The global population is expected to jump to 9 billion by 2050 from about 6.8 billion now, which means there will be a much greater demand for energy, water and food. But a number of countries high population growth, such as in Africa, actually emit an extremely low level of greenhouse gas emissions.

“It’s consumption that drives dangerous climate change, not population,” he said. “There is at most a weak link between population growth and rising emissions of greenhouse gases.”

Exactly. It’s not new information, yet it’s a source of constant amazement that the link between high consuming individuals and climate change — which is transnational by definition — still is just barely a part of the public discourse.

There’s a lot of talk about solutions, which often veers into minutiae and splitting hairs on policy prescriptions. But when such a broad stroke concept is consistently buried, there’s clearly much work to be done to raise awareness.

We like to think of ourselves as ambassadors of luxury, but pride ourselves even more when we can offer our readers a chance to enjoy the finer things in life… all while protecting the environment that we all call home. Fear not my friends, we give you Belgrave Trust, a lifestyle consultant that manages their client’s investments in carbon offsets, in turn minimizing each individual’s carbon footprint. Like us, the Belgrave Trust is an ambassador, only they are answering to a slightly larger audience: the earth.

A membership to Belgrave Trust is not only a wise personal investment but makes for an ideal gift, particularly for that person who has, well let’s face it: Everything. Not only will you receive the satisfaction that your investments are truly giving back to the environment but Belgrave Trust rewards membership time with unique gifts like wood chess sets made by Punjabi artisans or hand-crafted copper bowls

This is certainly something we can trust in.

Here’s a bit of what they had to say

The carbon offset market has primarily been focused on providing services to the average person, these services, according to Belgrave Trust, are not geared toward those that can make the biggest impact. So they launched a company to give the jet-set crowd a better way to go green.

Find out what we had to say in response by reading the whole article here.

“My whole life, I’ve felt guilty about not doing enough,” she says. But as she tells Halogen Life in an article today — with the help of the Belgrave Trust, that’s a problem that’s been fully satisfied.