Stabilising Earth’s climate depends on a lot more than deals struck at conferences like Glasgow. But those agreements set a frame for real-world decisions.
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If problems in such schemes are not addressed, the credibility of soil carbon trading will be undermined. Ultimately the climate - and the planet - will be the loser.
Nations are struggling to agree on how international carbon trading should work under the Paris accord. A weak result would undermine global efforts to fight climate change.
A new report suggests New Zealand should rethink climate policy and use forests to offset only agricultural emissions, which make up half of the country’s total emissions, and not carbon dioxide.
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
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professor, Tsinghua University
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Research coordinator for international climate policy, Oeko-Institut
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of New England
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Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Global Change, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor & Director, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, University of New England
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Professor of Finance, Griffith University; University of Otago
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Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO