The Future of Carbon Offsets in the Wake of COP26

Myles Allen, University of Oxford Professor of Geosystem Science, and Mark Kenber, Co-Executive Director of External Affairs at the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative explore the recent Article 6 negotiations with Bloomberg Green’s Jess Shankleman.
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[rowan]

Carbon credits should always be considered as a by-product to achieving environmental, social and cultural outcomes. It is not the main game but a consequence of good stewardship of the land and natural resources.

[fansofonvinyuhgordian]

listening to this talk one year later still makes a lot of sense to me, especiallly the points made about the Aviation sector doing more than just planting trees. Until there is such a path on how the sector would move from current practice to infact reduding emission, the projects they fund woud make little sense.

[starklife]

Can we see what they are doing to offset their private jet?

[graemeozzie]

That conversation was definitely a step in the right direction. "Can't turn rocks into trees forever" sums up in a sentence everything that is so wrong headed about the voluntary market. Carbon offsets were originally designed as part of mandated cap & trade regulatory systems. With the price on actual "tail pipe" emmissions able to be levered by governments. They were never designed for a voluntary market and we are now finding that out the hard way. I fear they are simply a small cost of business as usual and no one can tell me in an unambiguous way how offsetting in a voluntary market actually shifts our energy system (faster than would otherwise be the case) out of FF and into renewables. If anything, it would appear the opposite. Why on earth would I pay a FF company to offset my emissions instead of just buying shares in renewables myself?? Makes zero sence. Greta is on the money with this issue.

[johnthorne]

Offsets play an important role by funding green economy projects in developing countries. This is critically important as climate finance commitments haven't been met.

[filibertocaceresbetancur-ynmq]

Today we need too much tours around the world wide but without produced CO2

[simonvanwely]

You guys could have offset your carbon by having a zoom conference, oh right this is just for us who aren’t part of your club !

[Cazador]

On the t carbon offset market : what we need is a process of analysis in terms of charting a path forward to implement the offset !!!!
didi you get it, NO well ALL Canadians go it so get in line

[mariamartinez-ekns]

I love them!!! They destroy communities and then charge society to rebuild them

[biorotterdamforenergyconsu]

Myles Allen, University of Oxford Professor of Geosystem Science, and Mark Kenber, Co-Executive Director of External Affairs at the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative explore the recent Article 6 negotiations with Bloomberg Green’s Jess Shankleman.

[biorotterdamforenergyconsu]

The Future of Carbon Offsets in the Wake of COP26

[blah]

World bank ""carbon has value".

[bretgreen]

We had better make NOT destroying our precious rain forests lucrative, and FAST. How many acres were destroyed in the time this interview took place? You don't even want to know. . .