Systematic over-crediting in California's forest carbon offsets program
G. Badgley, J. Freeman, J. J. Hamman, B. Haya, A. T. Trugman, W. R. L. Anderegg, D. Cullenward
This paper evaluates California's forest carbon offsets program and finds systematic over-crediting due to flawed regional average comparisons, resulting in 29.4% excess credits worth $410 million.
bioRxiv · Apr 28, 2021Ecology