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INTERVIEW: Contracted durability mechanisms could shore up nature-based removals under new SBTi corporate climate standard

Published 12:00 on June 16, 2026 / Last updated at 12:43 on June 16, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (Interviews), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Investment, Reporting & Disclosure), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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A carbon project developer has pitched contracted durability mechanisms as a way to manage reversal risk, suggesting these buffer pool alternatives could equalise nature- and tech-based removal credits under the newly-introduced requirements of the Science-based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) latest Corporate Net-Zero Standard.
A carbon project developer has pitched contracted durability mechanisms as a way to manage reversal risk, suggesting these buffer pool alternatives could equalise nature- and tech-based removal credits under the newly-introduced requirements of the Science-based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) latest Corporate Net-Zero Standard.


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