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Fix Carbon Credits

Episode 6 of the Here’s The Plan podcast, hosted by Here’s The Plan, titled "Fix Carbon Credits" was published on October 23, 2023 and runs 43 minutes.

October 23, 2023 ·43m · Here’s The Plan

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Summary

Carbon credits. Offsets. Removals. In all their terms and forms, they are perhaps one of the most divisive concepts among environmentalists today. Some see them as a cop-out for companies to claim carbon neutrality and continue business as usual. Some fear they will lead to no emissions reductions at all - and worse, human rights violations. Others believe it is the only way we can channel enough finance from the Global North to climate solutions in the Global South to stay below 1.5 degrees. This week James and Bella talk to Anil Madhavapeddy, who is a Professor of Planetary Computing at Cambridge University and the director of the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits. They discussed the - frankly appalling - state of the carbon market, the ways in which forest protection projects can go wrong, and how Anil thinks the system can be fixed to allow massive amounts of finance to go to protecting threatened rainforest. NOTESHere's The Plan is presented by James Miller and Bella Lack. It is produced by Airaphon.WHAT YOU CAN DOGet your business or institution to sign up to the Science Based Targets Initiative for decarbonisation. If they want to use carbon credits, encourage them to read up on and stick to the VCMI Claims Code of Practice, and purchase ICVCM-approved credits.FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIAJoin in the conversation by following the podcast on social media.Find Here's The Plan on Instagram, Tiktok and LinkedIn.Follow James Miller on Instagram, Twitter and Linkedin. Follow Bella Lack on Instagram, Twitter and Linkedin. SUPPORT THE PODCASTThere are three main ways you can help support our podcast, for which we would be very grateful.1. Subscribe! Hit that big 'Follow' button.2. Share our episode with friends. It's quick and easy way to help get more ears on our show.3. If you're on Apple Podcasts, leave us a review! It helps to get the podcast recommended to more listeners. If you're on Spotify, give us a 5 star rating.AND IF YOU REALLY LOVE ITWe put this series together completely unpaid - all funding has gone towards production. If you've enjoyed it, and want to support us to do more of this work in the future, we would really appreciate a small donation at Ko-fi.com

Episode Description

Carbon credits. Offsets. Removals. In all their terms and forms, they are perhaps one of the most divisive concepts among environmentalists today. Some see them as a cop-out for companies to claim carbon neutrality and continue business as usual. Some fear they will lead to no emissions reductions at all - and worse, human rights violations. Others believe it is the only way we can channel enough finance from the Global North to climate solutions in the Global South to stay below 1.5 degrees.  This week James and Bella talk to Anil Madhavapeddy, who is a Professor of Planetary Computing at Cambridge University and the director of the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits. They discussed the - frankly appalling - state of the carbon market, the ways in which forest protection projects can go wrong, and how Anil thinks the system can be fixed to allow massive amounts of finance to go to protecting threatened rainforest.

NOTES Here's The Plan is presented by James Miller and Bella Lack. It is produced by Airaphon. WHAT YOU CAN DO Get your business or institution to sign up to the Science Based Targets Initiative for decarbonisation. If they want to use carbon credits, encourage them to read up on and stick to the VCMI Claims Code of Practice, and purchase ICVCM-approved credits. FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Join in the conversation by following the podcast on social media. Find Here's The Plan on Instagram, Tiktok and LinkedIn. Follow James Miller on Instagram, Twitter and Linkedin.  Follow Bella Lack on Instagram, Twitter and Linkedin.

SUPPORT THE PODCAST There are three main ways you can help support our podcast, for which we would be very grateful. 1. Subscribe! Hit that big 'Follow' button. 2. Share our episode with friends. It's quick and easy way to help get more ears on our show. 3. If you're on Apple Podcasts, leave us a review! It helps to get the podcast recommended to more listeners. If you're on Spotify, give us a 5 star rating. AND IF YOU REALLY LOVE IT We put this series together completely unpaid - all funding has gone towards production. If you've enjoyed it, and want to support us to do more of this work in the future, we would really appreciate a small donation at Ko-fi.com

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