Natural Climate Solutions, Fire Mitigation and Net Zero

The paper evaluates the impact of forest fires on the permanence of six REDD+ projects certified under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program. Using remote sensing, documentation analysis, and surveys, the authors found that while some loss events and one reversal occurred, credit permanence was maintained due to the use of capitalized buffer pools. The study also suggests that NCS projects can provide fire-mitigation benefits that exceed minimum carbon crediting requirements.

• An analysis of six REDD+ projects certified under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program revealed that some loss events and one reversal occurred, but these did not threaten credit permanence because of the existence of an adequately capitalized buffer pool designed to compensate for such reversals.
• The authors suggest that natural climate solutions (NCS) projects have the capacity to produce fire mitigation benefits that go beyond the minimum requirements necessary for carbon crediting, and these benefits could potentially be applied to other projects.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2023). Natural Climate Solutions, Fire Mitigation and Net Zero. https://www.sei.org/publications/natural-climate-solutions-fire-mitigation-net-zero/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Natural Climate Solutions, Fire Mitigation and Net Zero. 2023. https://www.sei.org/publications/natural-climate-solutions-fire-mitigation-net-zero/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Natural Climate Solutions, Fire Mitigation and Net Zero |date=19 October 2023 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/natural-climate-solutions-fire-mitigation-net-zero/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2023natural, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Natural Climate Solutions, Fire Mitigation and Net Zero}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = oct, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/natural-climate-solutions-fire-mitigation-net-zero/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }