Carbon Footprints

Following on from my last post, Carbon Planet has made its own formal announcement of the VCSA approval of its IFM LtPF forestry carbon accounting methodology. The announcement goes into considerable detail about some of the specifics. What I am impressed by is that the methodology takes a ’systems view’ approach, and as a [...]

Carbon Planet is very excited to announce that the VCSA has approved our carbon accounting methodology for estimating the GHG reductions that come with transitioning a logged forest to a protected forest.
Why is this important?
Deforestation and land degradation contributes close to 1/5th of the world’s excess greenhouse gas emissions. Under business-as-usual the world loses [...]

Late last year Carbon Planet published a couple of White Papers on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation. One of those papers gave an overview of the history of REDD policy to date. The video above summarises that into a short timeline for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy — DS

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There is a special parliamentary screening of the cinematic release of the film The Burning Season at Parliament House in Sydney tonight. The film’s narrator, Hugh Jackman, will be there apparently. I’ll be there too, happy to share what I know about the technicalities of REDD projects and filmmakers Cathy Henkel and Trish [...]

I love Greenpeace and donate regularly but sometimes they come out with some terrible ideas and today’s is a doozy. Business eZine FastCompany is reporting that “Forest Credits Could Crash The Price of Carbon, Greenpeace Says“. They of course neglect to explain that, even if it were true, and I doubt it, lower [...]

The Global Canopy Programme is covering the discussions in Bonn where the topic of avoiding deforestation is on the table. In a blog post called “Forests & the Future Climate Regime” they cite a speech by Johan Eliasch, the UK Prime Minister’s special representative on deforestation and clean energy, and Frances Seymour, Director-General of [...]

Reuters is running a story “Australia wants forest CO2 trade in Copenhagen pact” about a proposal Australia has submitted to U.N. climate negotiators that outlines a scheme to use carbon credits to protect rain forests.
“We think a post-2012 agreement will need to include forests in some way,” [Climate Change Minister] Wong told Reuters in an [...]