COP16: BRIEFING – IAPB framework unlikely to prevent international offsetting unless governments step in

Published 15:00 on October 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:47 on October 25, 2024  / and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, EMEA

Governments need to take urgent action to avoid perverse uses of biodiversity credits, including cross-border offsetting, as the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) believes its newly launched framework alone won’t be a sufficient safeguard, its co-chairs told Carbon Pulse.
Governments need to take urgent action to avoid perverse uses of biodiversity credits, including cross-border offsetting, as the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) believes its newly launched framework alone won’t be a sufficient safeguard, its co-chairs told Carbon Pulse.


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