Dear Forests-L readers,
The Overseas Development Institute is pleased to announce the availability of the latest publication in the ODI Forestry Briefing series.
Can standards for voluntary carbon offsets ensure development benefits? (http://www.odi.org.uk/fpeg/publications/policybriefs/forestrybriefings/0707_forestrybriefing13_carbonoffsets.pdf)
ODI Forestry Briefing 13
Increasing concerns about climate change are fuelling growth in the market for carbon offsets. Carbon offsets are purchased by individuals and organisations from schemes that claim to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere. This paper explores how emerging standards covering the voluntary carbon markets can address multiple aims of carbon offsetting and sustainable development and how they might be best designed to bring benefits for developing countries.
Leo Peskett , Cecilia Luttrell and Mari Iwata
July 2007
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http://www.odi.org.uk/forests/
Many thanks,
Nick Scott
Communications Officer, Rural Policy and Governance Group
Overseas Development Institute
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ODI - Public Affairs Think Tank of the Year 2007
http://www.odi.org.uk/news_releases/2007/july06.html