Forest conservation is a key tool for climate change mitigation, but integrity issues with forest carbon offsets need to be addressed. Amid growing investor interest in forest-based climate mitigation, including forest carbon credits and benefits through reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), challenging questions have emerged in recent debates, and must...Read More

A blue-carbon framework workshop held last week highlighted a lack of public knowledge on what carbon, carbon trading and marketing are. Reporter NATHAN WOTI summarises discussions with general manager of REDD+ and mitigation Gwen Sissiou and measurement, reporting and verification and national communication division acting general manager for the Climate Change Development Authority Debra Sungi....Read More