Africa > Researchers urge removal of older offsets, legacy projects to save global voluntary carbon market

Researchers urge removal of older offsets, legacy projects to save global voluntary carbon market

Published 20:56 on December 8, 2020  /  Last updated at 00:46 on December 9, 2020  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, China, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Middle East, Nature-based, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, South & Central, US, Voluntary

Call it the ‘first-mover disadvantage’. Researchers are urging for carbon credits generated from historical emissions reductions, as well as the older projects that created them, to all be purged in a bid to save the global voluntary offset market.
Call it the ‘first-mover disadvantage’. Researchers are urging for carbon credits generated from historical emissions reductions, as well as the older projects that created them, to all be purged in a bid to save the global voluntary offset market.


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