2024 Bilateral Offsets: Is The First Paris Agreement Carbon Credit Trading Meaningful?

Carbon credit trading includes limiting emissions, carbon taxes, and trading schemes [1]. Paris Agreement's Article 6 enables voluntary cooperation for emission reduction targets [5][6]. Swiss-Thailand carbon transaction faces greenwashing critiques and oversight concerns [7][8][9].

PRE COP27 ANALYSIS: The water crisis and the Conference of the Parties (COP)

Extreme events such as droughts and floods, and their related consequences, are exacerbated by climate change. Discussing water at the COP is paramount given the ongoing climate-related water crisis. There is hope for the parties at COP27 to discuss the implementation of the NDCs, the transfer of technologies to the developing countries, and the transboundary water resources management.