Very powerful article, thank you! This hits all the points very well. Goal of industry is NEVER actually cut actual emissions. But it is a demand-driven issue. This massive human population was enabled by fossil-fuel utilization; these two aspects are intrinsically linked, meaning they must be wound down in tandem. The first step toward that would properly be per-capita energy usage quotas. Next up in the offsets scam: offsets generated by iron-fertilization of the ocean, while their goal is retaining the captured carbon for a century (then what?). See https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/climate/articles/10.3389/fclim.2024.1430957/full
Clean development mechanism headline: Carbon offsets must evolve to support the Paris Agreement’s climate goals, but institutional and political inertia puts progress at risk.
Real headline: Carbon offsets must evolve to support the Paris Agreement’s climate goals, but institutional and political inertia GUARANTEES FAILURE. Pretty sure the University of Pennsylvania can't write that headline.
Very powerful article, thank you! This hits all the points very well. Goal of industry is NEVER actually cut actual emissions. But it is a demand-driven issue. This massive human population was enabled by fossil-fuel utilization; these two aspects are intrinsically linked, meaning they must be wound down in tandem. The first step toward that would properly be per-capita energy usage quotas. Next up in the offsets scam: offsets generated by iron-fertilization of the ocean, while their goal is retaining the captured carbon for a century (then what?). See https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/climate/articles/10.3389/fclim.2024.1430957/full
Clean development mechanism headline: Carbon offsets must evolve to support the Paris Agreement’s climate goals, but institutional and political inertia puts progress at risk.
Real headline: Carbon offsets must evolve to support the Paris Agreement’s climate goals, but institutional and political inertia GUARANTEES FAILURE. Pretty sure the University of Pennsylvania can't write that headline.