Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why

Andrew Macintosh (), Gregory Trencher, Benedict Probst, Shanta Barley, Danny Cullenward, Thales A. P. West, Don Butler and Johan Rockström

Nature, 2025, vol. 646, issue 8085, 543-546

Abstract: The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.

Keywords: Climate change; Economics; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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