Strong transparency required for carbon credit mechanisms

Philippe Delacote, Tara L’Horty, Andreas Kontoleon, Thales A. P. West, Anna Creti, Ben Filewod, Gwenole LeVelly, Alejandro Guizar-Coutiño, Ben Groom and Micah Elias
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Tara L’Horty: Université de Lorraine
Thales A. P. West: Vrije University Amsterdam
Anna Creti: Climate Economics Chair
Ben Filewod: London School of Economics and Political Science
Gwenole LeVelly: CEE-M, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro
Alejandro Guizar-Coutiño: UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Ben Groom: University of Exeter Business School
Micah Elias: University of California, Berkeley

Nature Sustainability, 2024, vol. 7, issue 6, 706-713

Abstract: Abstract The credibility of carbon offset mechanisms is threatened by many issues related to their true effectiveness. We advocate that these issues cannot be effectively addressed without a dramatic improvement in transparency across the entire value chain of carbon offsetting, a crucial step for achieving a reduction in carbon emissions.

Date: 2024
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