Although some early forest offsets were criticized for failing to meet the key
tests of additionality, permanence and leakage, renewed interest in forest conservation has led to improved monitoring.
Not exact matches
We've done projects in South America where we've been
testing scientific issues that are some
of the bugaboos
of forest carbon, including things like leakage,
additionality, and permanence.
This technical document clarifies the concept
of additionality and its significance for crediting mechanisms; describes the different approaches that have been used to demonstrate or
test additionality; and explores the implications
of the evolving carbon markets on the application and importance
of additionality.
Despite an oversupply
of credits and waning confidence in the CDM from both market players and civil society watchdogs, the report presented an optimistic and biased view
of the CDM and its future while failing to recommend concrete solutions to address some
of its fundamental flaws, such as
additionality testing.
As a preliminary
test of this theory, I compare the latest data on the magnitude, distribution and financial «
additionality»
of climate funds and carbon markets.
As a firm believer in the concept
of additionality - basically, would the proposed renewable energy project have happened under «business as usual» conditions - he explained that offsets would only gain the upper hand through: «public perception (from closer press scrutiny
of REC financial figures); possible consumer fraud lawsuits
testing deceptive marketing statutes; and perhaps most importantly a thriving domestic offset market built around regional climate schemes such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, AB 32 in California, the Western Climate Initiative, and possibly a national cap - and - trade scheme down the road.»