Nature-based credit markets at a crossroads

Tom Swinfield (), Siddarth Shrikanth, Joseph W. Bull, Anil Madhavapeddy and Sophus O. S. E. zu Ermgassen ()
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Tom Swinfield: University of Cambridge
Siddarth Shrikanth: Generation Investment Management
Joseph W. Bull: University of Oxford
Anil Madhavapeddy: University of Cambridge
Sophus O. S. E. zu Ermgassen: University of Oxford

Nature Sustainability, 2024, vol. 7, issue 10, 1217-1220

Abstract: Continuing to produce nature-based credits using dubious accounting methodologies will yield limited carbon and biodiversity gains. Establishing scientific credibility unlocks the potential of credits to meaningfully contribute to targets of the Paris and Kunming-Montreal agreements.

Date: 2024
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