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Understanding the demand for REDD+ credits

a working paper by Tim Laing, Luca Taschini, Charles Palmer, Wolf Heinrich Reuter, Sabine Fuss, Johanna Wehkamp 27 May, 2015

REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation), broadened to REDD+, has recently emerged as a potentially important component of the global policy mix to mitigate climate change. In this … read more »


To what extent could planting trees help solve climate change?

To what extent could planting trees help solve climate change?

Forests play an important an important role in climate change. The destruction and degradation of forests contributes to the problem through the release of CO2. But the planting of new … read more »


What’s REDD and will it help tackle climate change?

What’s REDD and will it help tackle climate change?

Forests and trees store carbon. When they’re burnt down or cleared – a process referred to as deforestation – this stored carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon … read more »