The negative experiences of the Maasai of northern Tanzania with soil carbon projects is a microcosm of the human rights challenges facing the voluntary carbon market and the rich world’s growing tendency to renege on its climate responsibilities.
The European Union’s Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) framework risks worsening the financial situation of small-scale farmers, undermining rural development and could fuel land grabbing. The EU urgently needs a sustainable alternative in which both farmers and nature can thrive.
A groundbreaking study finds that many countries relying heavily on carbon removals are at high risk of placing their climate goals in jeopardy. This echoes findings from previous Carbon Market Watch research and is helping guide future investigations.
A false equivalence is too often made between carbon emissions and the removals that may balance them. Mistaken ‘like for like’ thinking undermines the integrity of climate policies.
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG-P) decision to create common emissions accounting standards has the potential to streamline and simplify procedures. However, this must be done in a way that lifts climate ambition
The use of international carbon credits in the EU’s 2040 climate target could result in the outsourcing of 140 million tonnes to a whopping 430 million tonnes of emissions. It should be zero tonnes.
Misguided attempts by Brussels to appease the Trump administration on trade are not only futile but also run counter to the EU’s environmental responsibility and undermine the bloc’s climate action. With a view to ending the escalating tariff war, the European Union and the
In our latest report, we assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the finalised Article 6 rulebook and found so many holes, it’s like a sieve. At the COP29 climate conference in Baku, countries concluded nine years of negotiations and finalised the rulebook for United
By confronting the aviation industry’s full climate impact, our research shows that by applying the polluter-pays principle and expanding carbon pricing to non-covered aviation climate impacts, there could be a tenfold increase in EU ETS revenues between 2025 and 2040 from the aviation sector.
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