carbon offsets

also referred to as: carbon offset

6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Nov 18, 2021 by Nan Ransohoff · across every show →

Everything said about carbon offsets, oldest first

Nov 18, 2021 negative
Opinion
Ransohoff: Forcing early carbon removal to compete with $10 offsets undermines industry
“And I worry that there's a lot of pull to treat it like that right now. And there's a lot of pull to sort of to, you know, list everything on a carbon market and have it compete with 10 dollar per ton offsets. And that's, I don't think that's going to set it u…”
Nan Ransohoff Nov 18, 2021 ▶ 24:23 Kickstarting a $1 trillion market for carbon removal
Mar 24, 2022 positive
Insight
Bullard: Carbon markets need thousands of offset types but only 2-5 accounting methods
“You know, like, we will not be in a successful place if we have, on a good way, 500 different ways to do a high-quality offset, And 50 different ways to measure and account for it. That will not be a success. Success would be, like, thousands of ways to do an …”
Nat Bullard Mar 24, 2022 ▶ 47:27 Will this carbon market boom be different?
Aug 25, 2022 negative
Insight
Chay: Treating uncalibrated models like sampled soil creates a race to the bottom
“If you're in a market and everything looks like a ton, so I could take any of these approaches and get tons that I can sell, and they look the same in the market you really result in a race to the bottom. It's way easier to not sample anything and get some ton…”
Freya Chay (Freya Che) Aug 25, 2022 ▶ 13:57 The dirt on soil carbon credits
Jun 29, 2023 positive
Opinion
Hawkins: Mapping fungal diversity provides a crucial tool for carbon offsets
“I think there's a lot of exciting potential there because on the cards are various sorts of maps that we can use in conservation planning. So, you know, when you're planning a conservation area, you will usually look at where you've got high biodiversity. You …”
Dr. Heidi Jane Hawkins Jun 29, 2023 ▶ 32:35 The fungus among us
Jan 4, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Orbuch: Buyers cannot purchase real carbon removal for $10 per ton
“Turns out you can't spend 10 dollars a ton and do anything real.”
Ryan Orbuch Jan 4, 2024 ▶ 8:43 Fixing the messy voluntary carbon market
Mar 21, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Thomas: SEC rules mandate disclosing carbon offsets used for stated climate goals
“Well, there, I mean, there are disclosure requirements for racks and offsets within the SEC disclosure. So the final rule does include disclosing that if it's a part of how you're planning to obtain, or you have goals and targets, how you're going to get there…”
Mallory Thomas Mar 21, 2024 ▶ 22:11 Digging into the SEC climate disclosure rules
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