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Pros and cons of Nature-Based carbon offsets for conservation financing

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You will participate in a discussion, with 7 panelists, on the issues surrounding the use of nature-based carbon offsets for conservation financing. The strengths of a carbon offsets approach and the cautions and limitations, will be identified and recommendations made on whether carbon offsets can be a credible tool to fund conservation.
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The challenges, barriers and risks of nature-based carbon offsets as a tool to supplement direct reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, or to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land use and land use change, will be discussed. Lessons learned from over 25 years of carbon offsets, gaps in biodiversity safeguards, and uncertainties arising from disturbances, such as increasing fire in natural ecosystems, will be addressed. Recommendations on whether the evidence supports or rejects the use of carbon offsets for conservation will be included in a follow-up report to the forum.

Session agenda

Moderator

Jay RITCHLIN

Director-General, Western Region,
David Suzuki Foundation
Canada

Pros and cons of Nature-based carbon offsets for conservation financing
09:00 - 10:30

Dr Risa SMITH

Leader,
Protected Areas Climate Change Specialist Group/World Commission
Canada


09:00 - 10:30

Panelist

Dr Barbara HAYA

Director of Berkeley Carbon Trading Project,
United States of America


09:00 - 10:30

Prof. Brendan MACKEY

Director, Griffith Climate Action Beacon,
Griffith University
Australia


09:00 - 10:30

Eriel DERANGER

Executive Director,
Indigenous Climate Action
Canada

Pros and cons of Nature-based carbon offsets for conservation financing
09:00 - 10:30

Mr Fernando CAMACHO-RICO

Director General de Desarrollo Institucional CONANP,
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Mexico


09:00 - 10:30

Gareth PHILLIPS

Manager, Climate and Environmental Finance,
African Development Bank
Côte d'Ivoire


09:00 - 10:30

Mr Joseph PALLANT

Director of Climate Innovation,
Ecotrust Canada
Canada


09:00 - 10:30

Prof. Peter MACREADIE

Director Blue Carbon Lab,
Australia


09:00 - 10:30

  • Australian Rainforest Conservation Society [Australia]
  • Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society [Canada]
  • David Suzuki Foundation [Canada]
  • 43987
  • The Nature Conservancy [United States of America]
  • World Wildlife Fund - US [United States of America]
  • IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
  • IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (MED)
  • IUCN Programme and Policy Group
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