Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

The researchers said the worst problems were with issuing additional credits for “non-additional” projects, such as building a windfarm that would have gone up anyway; impermanent projects, such as planting trees that later burn down in a wildfire; projects with leakage, such as protecting part of a forest but effectively pushing loggers elsewhere; and double-counted projects, such as restoring a peatland but letting the seller and buyer claim the drop in emissions.

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  • neutronbumblebee@mander.xyzEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Allowing businesses to “offset” just allowed them to pollute even more. When the offsets were things like “we won’t cut down this forest right now”