First class or economy? – An assessment of credit providers for the aviation offsetting scheme

The briefing evaluates eight carbon offset programs—including CDM, VCS, and Gold Standard—against ICAO's Program Design Elements for CORSIA. It concludes that no program currently complies with all eligibility criteria, primarily due to uncertainties regarding international accounting rules to prevent double counting. Furthermore, the author argues that the Program Design Elements alone cannot exclude credits lacking environmental value, necessitating the application of the Carbon Offset Credit Integrity Assessment Criteria.

• No carbon offset program currently meets all the eligibility criteria required for CORSIA, with all analyzed programs hindered by a lack of clear international accounting rules to prevent the double counting of emission reductions.
• The Program Design Elements criteria are insufficient for excluding credits that lack environmental value; therefore, a rigorous application of the Carbon Offset Credit Integrity Assessment Criteria is required, involving the analysis of specific projects and methodologies.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2019). First class or economy? – An assessment of credit providers for the aviation offsetting scheme. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/31111/

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. First class or economy? – An assessment of credit providers for the aviation offsetting scheme. 2019. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/31111/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{carbonmarketwatch2019first, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{First class or economy? – An assessment of credit providers for the aviation offsetting scheme}}, institution = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2019}, month = mar, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/31111/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }