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Telecoupling Cannot Be Ignored for the Forest-Based Carbon Market

Version 1 : Received: 26 April 2024 / Approved: 26 April 2024 / Online: 26 April 2024 (14:51:54 CEST)

How to cite: Williams, B.; Metzger, J.; Cho, F.; Phelan, A.; Lopez, S.; Bentley, L.K.; Fu, B.; Zhang, Y.J.; Liu, Y.; Johnson, J.; Rhodes, J.R. Telecoupling Cannot Be Ignored for the Forest-Based Carbon Market. Preprints 2024, 2024041765. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1765.v1 Williams, B.; Metzger, J.; Cho, F.; Phelan, A.; Lopez, S.; Bentley, L.K.; Fu, B.; Zhang, Y.J.; Liu, Y.; Johnson, J.; Rhodes, J.R. Telecoupling Cannot Be Ignored for the Forest-Based Carbon Market. Preprints 2024, 2024041765. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1765.v1

Abstract

Telecoupling, interactions between social-ecological systems across large, often global, distances, drives negative impacts from the forest-based carbon market. Yet, these negative impacts have been underreported; and therefore, likely vastly underestimated. We identify how these unintended negative impacts may occur and provide recommendations for the forest-based carbon market to better account for externalities by prioritising positive social impact, expanding comprehensive ecological outcomes and improving transparency of investments. We call for a carbon market that is designed to account for its global interconnectedness.

Keywords

restoration; climate change; emission trading systems; Paris Agreement; Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs); Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Ecology

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