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Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
Article 6 is the international carbon market framework of the Paris Agreement, the mechanism that should, in theory, make forests financeable at scale. In practice, the rules governing removal activities have made this harder, not easier.
Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)
The ICVCM sets the global threshold standard for quality in the voluntary carbon market. Its Core Carbon Principles and CCP label determine which credits are credible, which methodologies are sound, and where the market needs to go further: REDD+, reforestation, permanence, leakage, and buffer pools.
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
SBTi sets the bar for corporate climate ambition: which emissions companies must cut, when, and by how much, and what role carbon credits, land use, and nature play in a credible net-zero claim. FLAG shapes demand from land-intensive companies; the Corporate Net-Zero Standard shapes the broader credit market.
Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Forest?
Permanence has been a sticking point for Nature-Based Solutions since the Kyoto debates. The ICVCM Permanence Trust may finally unlock long-term durability. Even then, the deeper question of how nature gets financed will remain.
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