Carbon Dioxide Archives - Kiribex https://kiribex.com/category/carbon-dioxide/ Net-Zero Right Now Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:10:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://i0.wp.com/kiribex.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-Kiribex-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Carbon Dioxide Archives - Kiribex https://kiribex.com/category/carbon-dioxide/ 32 32 211772527 COP27: Talks on carbon market rules off to slow start https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-talks-carbon-market-rules-off-slow-start-2022-11-14/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carbon-market-rules-slow Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:10:23 +0000 https://kiribex.com/?p=1299 Voluntary carbon offset markets have struggled to gain trust for years. Campaigners have criticized offsets as a figleaf for polluters.

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The CFTC Should Raise Standards and Mitigate Fraud in the Carbon Offsets Market https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-cftc-should-raise-standards-and-mitigate-fraud-in-the-carbon-offsets-market/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cftc-should-raise-standards Sun, 13 Nov 2022 16:09:09 +0000 https://kiribex.com/?p=1274 If a carbon offset cannot guarantee it is worth 1 ton of carbon not in the atmosphere, then its use to meet goals should be discouraged.

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Carbon offsets used by major airlines based on flawed system, warn experts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/04/carbon-offsets-used-by-major-airlines-based-on-flawed-system-warn-experts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carbon-offsets-airlines-flawed Sun, 13 Nov 2022 15:53:42 +0000 https://kiribex.com/?p=1271 Guardian investigation finds that carbon credits generated by forest protection schemes are based on a flawed system.

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Why carbon offsets are worse than you think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61SWIYwCaSE&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carbon-offsets-worse-than-you-think Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:33:06 +0000 https://kiribex.com/?p=1256 If you emit some CO2, you can just pay someone else to reduce that amount somewhere else, and you’re good! But is it too good to be true?

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Carbon dioxide will have to be removed from air to achieve 1.5C, says report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/09/carbon-dioxide-removed-from-air-carbon-offset-market-report?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carbon-removed-from-air Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:29:39 +0000 https://kiribex.com/?p=1254 Offset markets have important role as switching to renewable energy alone not enough, according to thinktank.

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Carbon Capture And Storage Spending To Top $50B Through 2025 https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Carbon-Capture-And-Storage-Spending-To-Top-50B-Through-2025.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carbon-capture-and-storage-spending-to-top-50b-through-2025 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:26:52 +0000 https://kiribex.com/?p=1252 Service sector spending on carbon capture and storage (CCS) developments is set to skyrocket this decade, quadrupling from 2022 to 2025.

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EasyJet to stop offsetting CO2 emissions from December https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/26/easyjet-will-stop-offsetting-carbon-emissions-from-planes-roadmap-net-zero?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=easyjet-to-stop-offsetting-co2-emissions-from-december Sat, 29 Oct 2022 02:25:12 +0000 https://kiribex.com/?p=448 The Guardian revealed that major airlines were using unreliable “phantom” carbon credits to claim their flights were carbon neutral.

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EasyJet is to stop offsetting carbon emissions by its planes as it unveiled a “roadmap to net zero” emissions by 2050 including introducing hydrogen-powered jet engines.

Other elements of easyJet’s new strategy include using sustainable aviation fuel, more fuel-efficient planes and carbon capture to reach the target.

EasyJet insisted it was the most ambitious plan yet from an airline to tackle emissions, while it continued to partner with firms on exploring new technologies.

Key Excerpts

Last year, a joint investigation by the Guardian revealed that major airlines including easyJet were using unreliable “phantom” carbon credits to claim their flights were carbon neutral.’

‘EasyJet plans to curb CO2 emissions by 35% per passenger kilometre by 2035 as part of its new roadmap, and said the steps it was taking had been validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative.’

‘The airline believes it can cut its own emissions by 78% by 2050, with carbon capture technology allowing it to reach net zero.’

‘“We’ve said all along that we want to transition to technologies that reduce our carbon intensity from our direct operation, that’s our key goal.”’

‘The Guardian investigation with Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative arm, found that the carbon credits were based on complicated and unreliable hypothetical calculations of avoided deforestation, which experts warned were not real emission reductions. The findings were fiercely criticised by Verra, the carbon offsetting standard that approved the credits.’

This article was originally published on The Guardian

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The five biggest reasons carbon offsetting schemes can fail https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/06/02/the-five-biggest-reasons-carbon-offsetting-schemes-can-fail?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-five-biggest-reasons-carbon-offsetting-schemes-can-fail Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:50:33 +0000 http://kiribex.com/?p=369 The voluntary carbon market is rife with low-quality carbon projects that are not delivering on promised climate benefits.

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The voluntary carbon market is rife with low-quality carbon projects that are not delivering on promised climate benefits, or that have serious negative consequences for biodiversity and human rights.

Individuals and businesses, including many multinationals, are using carbon credits issued by these projects to offset their emissions. But offsetting through these kinds of credits, which flood the current market, may result in little or adverse results for the climate.

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‘As detailed in a recent white paper by Compensate, 90 per cent of carbon offsetting projects using nature-based solutions – the majority of which are certified by international standards Verra or Gold Standard – fail to meet our proprietary sustainability criteria.’

It’s clear that there is a need to raise the bar in order for offsetting efforts to achieve actual climate impact while providing positive benefits for local communities and biodiversity.’

While emissions reductions should be the primary tool in this fight… [to meet the targets set by the Paris Agreement]…, carbon capture will need to play a part in removing the already excess CO2 in the atmosphere. But currently, customers of the voluntary carbon market are, in many cases, being sold empty promises.’

many projects… [are]… inflating baseline emissions in order to generate more carbon credits for the project, thus taking credit for what the project did not do.’

For carbon credits to be real, the sale of the credits needs to generate or incentivise an additional climate benefit’

 

This article was originally published on EuroNews

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