Published a legal perspective on high integrity forest carbon credits
Sophie Chapman lead an effort to explore a novel legal framework for forest carbon credits that separates carbon tenure (i.e. title and associated property rights to the land and trees which store the carbon) from the carbon rights (i.e. title and associated rights to monetise and manage the credits which symbolically represent the carbon stored in the trees), while also specifying the relationship between the carbon tenure and the carbon rights.
The resulting paper has just been published in the Climate and Carbon Law Review journal, and is available as open access for your perusal.
A Legal Perspective on Supply-side Integrity Issues in the Forest Carbon Market
Sophie Chapman, Eleanor Toye Scott, Thomas Swinfield, Robin Daniels and Anil Madhavapeddy.
Journal paper in Carbon & Climate Law Review (vol 18 issue 3).
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