#carbon-credits

#carbon-credits

Forest restoration companies aim to create a profitable industry by selling credits for storing carbon and preserving trees. [ more ]

Four nature-based climate solutions have strong scientific foundations, including tropical and temperate forest conservation and reforestation.

More research is needed for many other nature-based climate solutions to assess their potential for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. [ more ]

Soil carbon sequestration as a solution to decarbonizing agriculture industry

Challenges and discrepancies in the science of soil carbon sequestration [ more ]

Blue Carbon, an Emirati company, is accumulating proposals for deals on huge swaths of land in developing countries in order to sell carbon credits.

The carbon credit market is seen as both potentially important and controversial, with concerns about abuse and the need to structure the market properly. [ more ]

The carbon credit market is currently too small to handle the demand for carbon offsets, but the voluntary carbon market has the potential to attract billions of dollars into climate solutions.

Companies are adopting net zero targets and using carbon credits as a way to offset their remaining emissions. [ more ]

Carbon markets and emissions compensation are key topics at the UN Climate Change Summit (COP28)

Carbon credits can be a source of financing for the Global South, but their effectiveness and potential abuses are under scrutiny. [ more ]