Investigation into Verra carbon standard finds most are ‘phantom credits’ and may worsen global heating.
Tag: cdr
Researchers found that unlogged forested areas are generally carbon neutral, but that moderately and heavily logged tropical forest areas are a carbon source. They estimate…
A report published on Wednesday by the upper house’s environment and climate change committee urged ministers to lead a public campaign and use regulations and…
Everybody likes trees. There is no anti-tree lobby. A global push to go beyond conservation of existing forests and start creating new ones goes back…
Wildfires have depleted almost all of the carbon credits set aside in reserve by forestry projects in the US to protect against the risk of…
In addition to drastically cutting global fossil fuel emissions, society needs to develop and use technologies to remove the CO2 already in the atmosphere. Geologist…
“We need drastic, radical emissions reductions, and on top of that we need some CDR,” said Glen Peters, research director at the Centre for International…
Kelp are essentially the ocean’s equivalent of trees, capturing up to 20 times more carbon per acre than land forests. They also provide a vital habitat for…
Chair of CCAG, Sir David King said: “I believe we have five years left to get on top of this global problem. We began talking seriously…