Researchers have cautioned that well‑intended suggested changes to carbon markets risk worsening climate impacts if core safeguards are weakened. Climate change, biodiversity loss and human rights are deeply interconnected challenges, often sharing solutions that can deliver shared benefits. Responding to a recent comment article in the journal Nature Climate Change that calls for rethinking ‘additionality’ requirements in carbon markets to better recognise Indigenous stewardship and conservation, a group of scientists emphasise that disregarding this principle could lead to higher net carbon emissions, ecosystem degradation and increased social inequality – disproportionately…
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