Perspectives GmbH is an independent, highly qualified consulting firm providing advice to private sector, governmental and non-governmental clients in the international greenhouse gas market. Perspectives was founded in 2003.

Perspectives is internationally recognized for its innovative, high-quality outputs in many fields of international climate policy. Resulting from more than two decades of world-wide research and consultancy experience on various topics, they can offer deep insights and profound political and economic knowledge in a very flexible, client-oriented manner.

Having gained international reputation for their early work related to the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), including the management of complex Programmes of Activities (PoA), and pioneering approaches for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), they successfully broadened their focus beyond market mechanisms and mitigation policies to elaboration of Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS), Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), adaptation and Climate Finance:

Its core competences are:

• CDM project management (including PoAs)
• Identification and quantification of greenhouse gas reduction opportunities in developing countries
• Development of underlying CDM baseline and monitoring methodologies
• Providing climate policy advice
• Conducting capacity building on latest climate policy and carbon market aspects in industrialized and developing countries

Perspectives´ employees have top-level experience and understanding of the Kyoto Protocol, CDM, JI, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS), as well as voluntary offsets markets, NAMAs and the potential New Market Mechanisms. Perspectives has successfully developed numerous Project Design Documents and is among the globally leading companies in developing new baseline and monitoring methodologies for CDM and JI projects (9 approvals). Perspectives has 16 registered CDM projects, of which one has achieved Gold Standard status. With experience on climate policy issues going back to 1994, Perspectives´ staff has established a comprehensive international contact network in industry, governments, research and NGOs. Perspectives’ staff has a high-level, interdisciplinary education in the field of economics and environmental/industrial engineering. Perspectives has special competence within Programme of Activities (PoA), benchmarking and sectoral trading mechanisms.

Perspectives serves more than 70 clients with projects in over 40 countries. It has offices in Hamburg (Germany) and Zürich (Switzerland) and local presence in Asia, Latin America and Autralia.