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Read more at: Scientific credibility for high-integrity voluntary carbon markets

Scientific credibility for high-integrity voluntary carbon markets

30 January 2025

We are excited to share this position paper from 4C on ‘ Scientific credibility for high-integrity voluntary carbon markets ’, based on our reflections on our work over the past three years, and setting out our hopes and ambitions for nature-based carbon credits and the Voluntary Carbon Market in 2025. We are encouraged by...

Read more at: LIFE biodiversity metric now published in the Royal Society Phil Trans B

LIFE biodiversity metric now published in the Royal Society Phil Trans B

9 January 2025

Our work on LIFE (a metric for mapping the impact of land-cover change on global extinctions) is now available in the proceedings of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions B. As with all of our outputs, the code and datasets are available under liberal licenses (within the bounds of the restrictions imposed on us by...

Read more at: Managing reversal risks in nature projects

Managing reversal risks in nature projects

8 September 2024

Two peer-reviewed articles from 4C in the past few weeks have spun up discussions around the future of financing deforestation avoidance and afforestation projects. A commentary in Nature Sustainability on " Nature-based Credits at a Crossroads " discusses the principles that should form the basis of scientifically credit...

Read more at: Introducing a new framework for assessing justice and equity impacts of nature-based solutions projects

Introducing a new framework for assessing justice and equity impacts of nature-based solutions projects

1 May 2024

Nature-based solutions (NbS) present a promising approach for protecting biodiversity while meeting ambitious climate targets, but there is growing international concern that they are sometimes linked to significant justice and equity concerns. Current reporting practices often require only superficial descriptions of how...

Read more at: Global, robust and comparable digital carbon assets

Global, robust and comparable digital carbon assets

27 April 2024

Carbon credits purchased in the voluntary carbon market allow unavoidable emissions (such as from international flights for essential travel) to be offset by an equivalent climate benefit, such as avoiding emissions from tropical deforestation. However, many concerns regarding the credibility of these offsetting claims...

Read more at: 4C in the University annual sustainability report

4C in the University annual sustainability report

26 March 2024

The University of Cambridge's annual sustainability report for last year is now available online here , and provides details of the University's efforts towards reducing our collective impact on the planet. 4C has been working closely with the University towards a common understanding of when and where offsets should be...

Read more at: LIFE: a metric for quantitively mapping the impact of land-cover change on global extinctions

LIFE: a metric for quantitively mapping the impact of land-cover change on global extinctions

12 December 2023

LIFE is a new metric that's like a crystal ball for global biodiversity. A big challenge facing the world today is global consumption causing land cover changes like deforestation, which reduces habitat for wildlife and makes them more vulnerable to extinction. Now, picture a policymaker anywhere in the world using the new...

Read more at: Offset markets: new approach could help save tropical forests by restoring faith in carbon credits
Cloud forest: crowns trees in a misty tropical rainforest.

Offset markets: new approach could help save tropical forests by restoring faith in carbon credits

30 October 2023

A new way to price carbon credits could encourage desperately needed investment in forest preservation and boost vital progress towards net-zero. Research published today in Nature Climate Change by the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits.

Read more at: We're hiring - Postdoc in Leakage Impact of Forest Restoration

We're hiring - Postdoc in Leakage Impact of Forest Restoration

18 September 2023

We're seeking a passionate Post-doc Researcher to join our team here at Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits (4C) for a two-year project. Working with our partners at re.green, you'll play a key role in developing a remote sensing framework to measure leakage from forest restoration efforts in Brazil.

Read more at: The 'why' of 4C: Prof Keshav on the power of trees

The 'why' of 4C: Prof Keshav on the power of trees

14 August 2023

Prof Keshav, one of the directors of 4C, has spent the past decade reducing the carbon cost of energy, buildings and transport. But that's only part of the puzzle: we still need to remove carbon from the atmosphere. In this video, Keshav explains how forestry and nature-based solutions are a 'two-for-one', supporting biodiversity as well as removing carbon from the air.

About 4C

The Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits is an interdisciplinary group founded in 2021 that is run across the Department of Computer Science, Zoology and Plant Sciences. It is housed in the Conservation Research Institute in the David Attenborough Building.

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All published outputs from 4C are available as open-source data and code, and the prototype marketplace is built on the open-source and energy efficient Tezos blockchain.

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