Strong transparency required for carbon credit mechanisms

Philippe Delacote, Tara L’horty (), Andreas Kontoleon, Thales West, Anna Creti, Ben Filewod, Gwenole Levelly (), Alejandro Guizar-Coutiño, Ben Groom and Micah Elias
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Tara L’horty: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Thales West: UF|Biology - Department of Biology [Gainesville] - UF - University of Florida [Gainesville]
Anna Creti: CEC - Chaire Economie du Climat - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Ben Filewod: LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science
Gwenole Levelly: CEE-M - Centre d'Economie de l'Environnement - Montpellier - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier
Alejandro Guizar-Coutiño: UNEP-WCMC - UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Ben Groom: Dept. of Economics - School of Oriental and African Studies
Micah Elias: UC Berkeley - University of California [Berkeley] - UC - University of California

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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: 2024-03-27
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Published in Nature Sustainability, 2024, 7 (6), pp.706-713. ⟨10.1038/s41893-024-01310-0⟩

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DOI: 10.1038/s41893-024-01310-0

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