Many see carbon markets as key to channelling billions of dollars into reducing carbon emissions and protecting forests, but they also put the well-being of communities at risk.
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Plan to cut emissions quickly, use offsets sparingly and set broader goals for improving society.
The dust has settled on COP26 and one of the summit’s few achievements looks decidedly less impressive.
New research shows that universities could offset carbon by changing some of their land to woodlands and meadows.
We cannot claim that inducing others to reduce emissions gives us a moral license to emit in their place.
Yes, trees and soils can absorb and store carbon, but the carbon doesn’t stay stored forever. That’s one of the problems with how net-zero plans for the climate are being designed.
Offsetting may be controversial, but we need it to reduce emissions. Here’s how it can be done with integrity.
A growing number of countries and companies have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. But there’s a catch – they still plan to keep emitting greenhouse gases.
The world is acting on climate change – just not effectively.
Policymakers want to pay farmers for storing carbon in soil, but there are no uniform rules yet for measuring, reporting or verifying the results. Four scholars offer some ground rules.
Emissions linger in the atmosphere for far longer than human or corporate lifespans.
I spoke to dozens of people in the industry, to find out what they do – and don’t – believe.
Companies are using these credits to offset their emissions, though many projects won’t meaningfully reduce carbon in the atmosphere.
Because pledges alone won’t achieve net zero.
New research finds forest regeneration on sheep pasture is an economically viable way to fight climate change.
Carbon offsetting is better regulated than it once was, but it’s no solution to the climate crisis.
We analysed what the world’s top 58 airlines – such as American Airlines, British Airways and Qantas – are doing about climate change. Even the best airlines are not doing anywhere near enough.
Carbon offsetting and new airplanes won’t keep up with emissions from an ever-expanding aviation industry.
F1 has promised a move to ‘credible offsets and breakthrough C02 sequestration programs’. But there’s a persistent lack of clear detail in the how, what and where.
Nations are struggling to agree on how international carbon trading should work under the Paris accord. A weak result would undermine global efforts to fight climate change.
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Director of Research, ANU Law School, Australian National University
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer, Australian National University
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Professor of Global Change, Queensland University of Technology
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Faculty of Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Sustainability Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University
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Head of Policy and Partnerships, University of Oxford
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James Martin Fellow, Oxford Martin School, Environmental Change Institute and Institute for Science Innovation and Society, University of Oxford
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Foundation Professor of Horticulture and Viticulture, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Reading