Promoting climate-smart-agriculture with carbon markets would not be a smart move

The document opposes using carbon markets to promote climate-smart agriculture, citing the risk of impermanence in soil and forest carbon sequestration compared to permanent fossil fuel emissions. It highlights that land use accounts for 24% of global emissions and suggests that finance for these activities should be mobilized through non-market mechanisms like Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to avoid compromising food security and adaptation.

• Carbon sequestration in forests and soils is temporary and cannot compensate for permanent fossil fuel emissions because it can be easily reversed, such as through deforestation.
• Forests and land use are significant emission sources, accounting for 24% of global emissions (10-12 GtCo2e annually), and represented over 61% of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil in 2012.
• Integrating land use activities into the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) faces several challenges, including the need for reliable accounting frameworks, the risk of subsidizing unsustainable industrial tree plantations, and an existing oversupply of carbon offsets.
• Carbon markets are deemed inappropriate for land use activities because they prioritize mitigation over adaptation, food security, and social or environmental safeguards.
• Funding for reducing emissions from deforestation and land use should be sourced outside of carbon markets, with Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) identified as a viable alternative for developing countries.

APA

CMW (2014). Promoting climate-smart-agriculture with carbon markets would not be a smart move. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2014/11/25/promoting-climate-smart-agriculture-with-carbon-markets-would-not-be-a-smart-move/

Chicago

CMW. Promoting climate-smart-agriculture with carbon markets would not be a smart move. Carbon Market Watch, 2014. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2014/11/25/promoting-climate-smart-agriculture-with-carbon-markets-would-not-be-a-smart-move/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{cmw2014promoting, author = {CMW}, title = {{Promoting climate-smart-agriculture with carbon markets would not be a smart move}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2014}, month = nov, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2014/11/25/promoting-climate-smart-agriculture-with-carbon-markets-would-not-be-a-smart-move/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }