‘Worthless’ forest carbon offsets risk worsening climate change

More than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets are worthless. These credits are essentially a promise to protect forests and can be bought as a way to “offset” emissions elsewhere. But experts say the claims were “absolutely incorrect”. It shows unequivocally that many projects which have sold what are known as REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation

Forests do not provide a silver bullet to fight climate change

The hypothetical scenario of removing all forest management, and thus stopping any interference with forests, would only compensate for 4 years of CO2 emissions (at the 2019 CO2 emissions rate from fossil fuel).