Tag: Forest Carbon Credits

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Adrift: New Zealand's Environmental Watchdog Says the NZ ETS Needs Major Reform

Aug 26, 2026

New Zealand's Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says the NZ ETS will not meet climate goals and calls for a comprehensive review of forestry's role in the scheme.

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Why $12 Carbon Credits Cannot Outbid Palm Oil in Southeast Asia

Aug 24, 2026

A Nature Communications study prices the gap: forest carbon credits at $5-12/t vs breakeven costs of $33-1,677/t across Southeast Asian concessions.

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Two Resignations Expose the Fight Over Forest Carbon Accounting at the GHG Protocol

Aug 23, 2026

Two senior scientists have quit the GHG Protocol's forest carbon process over how companies may count natural removals. What is at stake for buyers.

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Satellites Are Missing 102 Tg of Forest Carbon a Year, and Credit Markets Price the Gap

Aug 2, 2026

A Nature Ecology & Evolution study finds passive satellites miss roughly 102 Tg of annual carbon gains in mature US forests, skewing credit baselines and climate models.

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Australia's Forest Carbon Method Could Over-Credit by Up to 100%, Putting ACCU Integrity on the Line

Aug 1, 2026

Forestry Australia says the new INFM method could overstate abatement by 40 to 100 percent, with up to 11 million ACCUs at risk and a Senate vote due in August.

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Why Forest Carbon Buffer Pools May Be Underpricing Climate Risk in US Credit Markets

May 21, 2026

New UCSB and Clark University research suggests forest carbon buffer pools are too small, raising reversal risk and buyer due diligence concerns.

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