This discussion paper explores what environmental risks could arise if offset credits from forest-related mitigation activities were to be used towards nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and CORSIA, and what options could be pursued to manage such risks. It specifically focuses on risks surrounding environmental integrity as well as environmental and social safeguards.
On the occasion of the ‚Innovate4Climate (I4C) – the global forum on climate finance 2018’, the Carbon Mechanisms Review team has produced a special issue.
Using international carbon markets to raise ambition
This paper explores what raising mitigation ambition means in the context of international carbon markets and the NDCs that countries establish under the Paris Agreement.
