In recent years, issues with the integrity of carbon crediting have gained more attention. This includes both the quality of carbon credits and the way how carbon credits are being used.
How the absence of standard rules on benefit sharing arrangements hurts local communities and indigenous peoples How and to what extent are the benefits from carbon credit sales shared with those implementing the projects and the local communities where the projects are located? This is the question Öko-Institut investigated and the resulting report, commissioned by …
As the world grapples with the grave threat of climate change, the voluntary carbon market (VCM) has emerged as a policy tool in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But what role does sustainable development play in the VCM?
REDD+, which aims to reduce or prevent deforestation through the voluntary carbon market, is a complex and confusing area. In this FAQ, we answer some frequently asked questions.
Companies selling in the European Union will no longer be able to claim that their products are carbon or climate neutral, the EU has provisionally agreed. This victory against greenwashing corresponds to longstanding demands from climate campaigners to eliminate the use of offsets and send a signal to the voluntary carbon market.
Cette note d’information évalue systématiquement l’efficacité des quatre méthodologies basées sur des projets les plus populaires de l’organisme de normalisation Verra pour générer des crédits carbone à partir de projets qui protègent les forêts (REDD+).
Un informe basado en la investigación del Berkeley Carbon Trading Project que muestra cómo Verra concede a los desarrolladores una gran flexibilidad a la hora de calcular las reducciones de emisiones, y explica cómo esto ha dado lugar a la atribución excesiva de créditos.
A briefing based on Berkeley Carbon Trading Project research showing how Verra grants developers a large amount of flexibility when estimating emission reductions, and explains how this has resulted in overcrediting.
This report qualitatively assesses the robustness and reliability of evaluations of carbon credit quality by selected carbon credit rating agencies.
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