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  • Environmental Science
  • Climate Policy
  • Forestry

Background:

  • Negative emissions are crucial for meeting Paris Agreement climate targets.
  • Terrestrial biosphere carbon sequestration is a key contributor, but accounting complexities deter projects.
  • Existing forest offset protocols face challenges in balancing rigor with accessibility, particularly for small landowners.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the complexity and risk associated with current forest carbon offset protocols.
  • To propose a simplified accounting framework, the "2050EZ" protocol, to encourage broader participation in carbon sequestration.
  • To illustrate how accounting and permanence requirements disproportionately affect small landowners.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of existing forest carbon offset protocols and their accounting requirements.
  • Examination of the U.S. 1040EZ tax filing system for insights into simplified frameworks.
  • Conceptual development of the "2050EZ" protocol for forest carbon sequestration.

Main Results:

  • Current offset protocols present significant complexity, expense, and risk, discouraging participation.
  • The "2050EZ" protocol is proposed as a complementary model to existing frameworks.
  • The simplified approach aims to balance reward, effort, and risk for diverse participants.

Conclusions:

  • The Paris Agreement emphasizes enhancing greenhouse gas sinks and reservoirs, alongside equity and sustainable development.
  • Effective incentives are needed to maintain and increase biosphere carbon sequestration.
  • Simplified accounting and verification are essential to encourage participation from all landowners, including smallholders.