カーボンオフセットは保存できません
Cynthia Giles1, Cary Coglianese2
1Cynthia Giles is an independent scholar, Barrington, RI, USA.
まとめ
カーボン・オフセット・プロジェクトは 気候変動の恩恵を誇張し,80%以上のクレジットは 実際の排出削減が欠けています. 第三者の監査による 炭素信用の整合性への信頼は 間違った戦略です
科学分野:
- 環境科学
- 気候変動の緩和
- 炭素市場
背景:
- 組織は自らの排出量を削減するのではなく 他の場所での排出量削減に資金を提供できます このメカニズムは,気候変動の緩和を費用対効果的に達成することを目的としています.
- 森林保護,再生可能エネルギー,農業など様々なオフセットプロジェクトを 精査すると 気候への恩恵は 大きく過大評価されていることが明らかになります
- 発行された炭素クレジットの80%以上は,実質的な排出削減を意味せず,オフセット市場の環境健全性を損なう可能性があります.
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