Isabel Haase

Options for addressing the risk of non-permanence for land-based mitigation in carbon crediting programmes

To address climate change, we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions and scale up carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere. Carbon crediting programs incentivize these actions by issuing tradable credits for each tonne of CO₂ equivalent reduction. However, not all carbon credits guarantee permanen

Carbon Mechanisms Review; Volume 12; Number 2; Pages 58-65

Escaping the market for lemons - Ensuring quality carbon credits that incentivize climate action

Carbon crediting continues to be a popular policy instrument in the international community’s response to global warming. Public and private actors alike count on carbon credits to incentivize accelerated climate action as well as for complying with voluntary and mandatory climate targets. At the

Factsheet CCQI Kommerzielle Aufforstung (Englische Version)

Commercial afforestation projects have higher additionality risks than projects establishing natural forests as they do not solely rely on carbon credit revenues but also gain revenues from harvesting. In addition, some carbon crediting programs do not require checking for new legal requirements m

Factsheet CCQI Kommerzielle Aufforstung

Das Risiko der Nicht-Zusätzlichkeit ist höher als für den Projekttyp Etablierung eines natürlichen Waldbestandes. Neben Emissionsgutschriften beeinflussen auch Einnahmen aus der Holzernte die finanzielle Attraktivität. Oft muss die Zusätzlichkeit nur zum Antragszeitpunkt nachgewiesen werden,

Factsheet CCQI Verbesserte Waldbewirtschaftung (Englische Version)

IFM serves as an umbrella term for a broad array of forest management practices aiming at increasing or maintaining forest carbon stocks. IFM projects often combine several activities or management practices and sometimes change them over time. This broad spectrum of activities will be presented an

Factsheet CCQI Verbesserte Waldbewirtschaftung

Die Verbesserte Waldbewirtschaftung (im Englischen „Improved Forest Management”, IFM) umfasst ein breites Spektrum an Waldbewirtschaftungsmethoden (IFM-Aktivitäten), welche darauf abzielen, Kohlenstoffspeicher von Wäldern zu erweitern bzw. deren Rückgang zu vermeiden. Häufig kombinieren IFM