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About Jedon Kotler
Project Stewardship, Governance, and Accountability
Jedon Kotler is the asset steward and project proponent of the emissions avoidance project associated with the project located in Los Angeles County, California, USA (onshore).
Its role is to own, control, and govern the permanent non-extraction of hydrocarbons from defined assets and to ensure that all climate-related claims are accurate, limited, and defensible.
Role in the Emissions Avoidance Project
Within the emissions avoidance project, Jedon Kotler acts as:
- Asset owner and controller, with authority to prohibit extraction
- Project proponent, responsible for defining scope and boundaries
- Disclosure steward, governing how claims are described and used
Independent third parties are engaged for validation and verification in accordance with internationally recognized standards. Role separation is intentional and documented.
What Jedon Kotler Is
Jedon Kotler is responsible for:
- Holding legal ownership and control of relevant mineral and subsurface rights
- Enforcing permanent non-extraction through binding legal instruments
- Establishing and maintaining project boundaries and documentation
- Implementing governance controls over disclosure and claim use
- Engaging independent third-party validators and verifiers
- Ensuring consistency between legal structure, methodology, and public disclosure
The organization’s function is stewardship and governance, not promotion.
What Jedon Kotler Is Not
For clarity, Jedon Kotler is not:
- A carbon registry
- A regulator or policy authority
- A broker, marketplace, or exchange
- An investment advisor or promoter
- An assurance or verification body
Jedon Kotler does not perform independent validation, verification, or certification of its own claims.
About Jedon Kotler
Governance Over Narrative
Climate-related credibility is established through documentation, role clarity, and restraint, not narrative.
Accordingly, this site emphasizes:
- Defined scope
- Explicit limitations
- Independent review
- Controlled disclosure
Detailed governance arrangements, role separation, and disclosure controls are described in the Governance & Disclosure and Project Governance & Independent Roles sections.