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- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Verra axing of Shell’s rice-farming carbon credits in China fuels integrity fears (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
The carbon market standard found "serious" quality issues with the projects, prompting questions about their initial approval
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Renewable-energy carbon credits rejected by high-integrity scheme (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market decided existing renewables methodologies don't do enough to prove their emissions reductions are additional
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
SBTi needs tighter rules on companies’ indirect emissions (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Businesses are not required to cut all their value chain emissions in line with a 1.5C warming limit - and allowing offsetting could weaken efforts further
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Paraguay’s carbon deal with Singapore beset by lobbying, lax rules (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
UN rules governing bilateral carbon offsetting between governments have yet to be agreed but deals are being done, raising concerns about integrity
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Exposed: carbon offsets linked to high forest loss still on sale (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Project owners in Cambodia and Brazil are selling carbon offsets to Uber, Marathon and ArcelorMittal despite an uptick in deforestation
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
As Guyana shows, carbon offsets will not save the Amazon rainforest (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
With all their flaws, carbon offsets are not the solution to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest - leaders should acknowledge that
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Verra boss steps down after criticism of its carbon credits (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
The carbon credit certifier has both grown rapidly and faced mounting integrity accusations during outgoing CEO's tenure.
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Verra’s revamped forest offset programme comes under fire (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Verra picked a controversial carbon credit verifier to review its new forest offset rules and critics say the changes don't fix the problem
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Carbon credit rule-makers must engage Indigenous People (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Indigenous people protect the forests but the organisation writing up a rule-book for high-quality carbon offsets has not adequately consulted them
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Revealed: How Shell cashed in on dubious carbon offsets from Chinese rice paddies (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Shell's rice farming offset projects are under review. Climate Home found them riddled with accounting loopholes and questionable integrity claims.
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Corporations push “insetting” as new offsetting but report claims it is even worse (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
More companies claim that supply-chain carbon removal is the way forward. But a new report raises concern over the credibility and transparency of insetting.
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
World Bank backs carbon credit blockchain registry to attract crypto investors (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
The World Bank wants to direct the NFT craze towards projects that cut emissions and improve the transparency of carbon offset markets
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Make polluters pay for climate adaptation, voluntary carbon market body proposes (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
An adaptation levy on carbon credits could raise up to $2.5bn a year by 2030, providing more predictable support for climate vulnerable countries
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
Data exclusive: The ‘junk’ carbon offsets revived by the Glasgow Pact (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Analysis for Climate Home identifies hundreds of problematic projects that could be used to greenwash national and corporate climate plans
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Australian carbon traders defend troubled offset market against whistleblower claims (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Policy upheaval and stark criticism of the quality of carbon offsets from a former official have thrown Australia's ability to deliver on carbon targets into doubt
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Carney, Kyte oversee carbon offset rules to address greenwashing concerns (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Two initiatives will release standards for the voluntary carbon market this year, while campaigners denounce offsetting as a "scam" that delays real climate action