This letter to Science, co-authored by 17 conservation and climate researchers, argues that carbon credits can be a valuable tool for climate change mitigation and forest conservation, but their success depends on improving their credibility.

Andrew Balmford et al. ,Credit credibility threatens forests. Science 380, 466467 (2023). DOI:10.1126/science.adh342

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