The consultation on the certification of carbon removals is heavily biased towards a carbon offset and crediting approach.
Its multiple choice questions are single-mindedly focused on setting up a removals certification system dependent on voluntary carbon market offsets, foreclosing genuine inquiry and consideration of other approaches for a removals framework. It therefore leaves little space for critics of this flawed approach, which will in turn have devastating consequences not only for the climate, but also for rural areas.
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