Measuring biodiversity – how to improve the impact of carbon projects

Climate changePodcastNovember 3, 2022

Working towards a universal metric to quantify nature's impact on climate change is an essential ingredient in the search for sustainability.

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With the urgency of addressing climate change, there is a growing imperative to advance and deepen the voluntary carbon market to help companies and organizations on their journey towards net zero.

But not all carbon projects are created equal, and many of them have a negative impact on nature and biodiversity – essential pillars of any strategy to achieve environmental sustainability.

This podcast discusses how nature can help combat climate change. It looks at the latest initiatives to measure the impact of carbon projects on biodiversity and asks what can be done by various stakeholders – from governments to NGOs and the private sector – to develop robust and credible voluntary carbon markets that incorporate a metric on the wider impact of projects on nature.

The podcast also looks at the importance of biodiversity for reaching net zero goals. It examines the current policy landscape, the latest nature-based solutions and discusses future action required by businesses to support initiatives.