PODCAST – Replicating LIFE DICET 3/3 – Support ITMOs development under the Paris Agreement

A post by the LIFE DICET Project team In this blog post, Suzi Kerr, Chief Economist of the Environmental Defense Fund and an active member of the LIFE DICET’s Core Expert Group, discusses LIFE DICET’s replicability. She leads the project Read More …

Quality Offsets for Emission Trading Systems: Anything to learn from ICVCM & other quality initiatives in the voluntary carbon markets?

A post by Jürg Füssler* (INFRAS), external collaborator of the project LIFE DICET The direct linking of emission trading systems seems not to be gaining significant traction. In that situation, the use of offsets for compliance with emission caps in Read More …

Time of the Essence for Connecting Schemes to Reduce Emissions

A post by Justin Macinante (Edinburgh Law School) Tradable permit schemes, such as for emissions trading, have been an innovative addition to climate change policymakers’ repertoire. Yet, to date, emissions trading schemes (ETSs) have failed to live up to their Read More …

Triggering a Climate Alliance with a nuanced effort sharing

A post by Michele Stua (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa) The German Government has recently launched an ambitious proposal for international climate change governance. A first document by the German Ministry of Finance (August 2021) suggested “an Alliance for climate, Read More …