INTERVIEW: Evaluating “legacy credits” key to solving voluntary carbon market integrity issues

Published 18:22 on May 16, 2023  /  Last updated at 18:47 on May 16, 2023  / Joan Pinto /  International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Fixing the status of legacy credits with over quantification issues to enable households to receive the benefits of clean cookstove projects, plugging potential leakage in REDD+ forestry offset programmes, and addressing methodology overlap that leads to double-counting can all help restore credibility of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), an expert told Carbon Pulse in an interview on Monday.
Fixing the status of legacy credits with over quantification issues to enable households to receive the benefits of clean cookstove projects, plugging potential leakage in REDD+ forestry offset programmes, and addressing methodology overlap that leads to double-counting can all help restore credibility of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), an expert told Carbon Pulse in an interview on Monday.


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