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Forest carbon credits: Quality can't come cheap

Gabriel Labbate, UN-REDD Programme

13 March 2025 • 3 min read

If we want high quality carbon credits that have tangible benefits for the climate, environment and communities to reach scale, then need to be willing to pay a higher price for them, argues Gabriel Labbate from the UN-REDD Programme

What is the real cost of saving the world's forests? At COP29, a potentially game-changing answer to this question was offered when the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) gave the...

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