diff --git a/posts/bigcoast-project-boundary.md b/posts/bigcoast-project-boundary.md index d64670d..b10f833 100644 --- a/posts/bigcoast-project-boundary.md +++ b/posts/bigcoast-project-boundary.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 10-02-2023 summary: Figuring out the location of an offset project shouldn't involve a scavenger hunt. -card: bigcoast-project-boundary components: - name: Map src: ./map.js diff --git a/posts/bootleg-fire-update.md b/posts/bootleg-fire-update.md index 1104e8e..6bd8d39 100644 --- a/posts/bootleg-fire-update.md +++ b/posts/bootleg-fire-update.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 03-29-2023 summary: Carbon losses from the Bootleg Fire are severe enough to cause the termination of a forest offset project in Oregon. -card: bootleg-fire-update --- The Klamath East (ACR273) forest carbon offset project is slated for automatic termination as a result of the catastrophic [Bootleg Fire that burned through the project in 2021](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/us/wildfires-carbon-offsets.html). New paperwork, [filed on Monday](https://acr2.apx.com/mymodule/reg/TabDocuments.asp?r=111&ad=Prpt&act=update&type=PRO&aProj=pub&tablename=doc&id1=273), puts total wildfire-induced carbon losses at over 3 million tCO₂. The extent of the damage was so severe that the project's current standing live carbon stocks are lower than the project's baseline carbon stocks. As a result, [California's rules](https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I16D2FF335A2111EC8227000D3A7C4BC3?bhcp=1&transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29) require that the entire project be terminated. diff --git a/posts/buffer-analysis-update.md b/posts/buffer-analysis-update.md index a08347d..6fd0122 100644 --- a/posts/buffer-analysis-update.md +++ b/posts/buffer-analysis-update.md @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ authors: - Danny Cullenward date: 12-01-2022 summary: Offset projects hit by recent wildfires report larger carbon losses than we had projected. -card: buffer-analysis-update data: ACR255: slag: diff --git a/posts/buffer-update-three.md b/posts/buffer-update-three.md index 0304354..681f7b7 100644 --- a/posts/buffer-update-three.md +++ b/posts/buffer-update-three.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 11-29-2023 summary: New paperwork shows that carbon losses insured by California’s forest offset buffer pool are higher than previously estimated. -card: buffer-update-three --- For the third time in a row, the “Finite Carbon - Colville IFM project” (ACR255) has filed paperwork indicating that the project has lost more carbon than it gained. That puts the project in reversal and means California’s forest offset buffer pool will need to step in to insure against those losses. diff --git a/posts/buffer-update-two.md b/posts/buffer-update-two.md index 0e3fac0..21b7b47 100644 --- a/posts/buffer-update-two.md +++ b/posts/buffer-update-two.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 08-02-2023 summary: New reporting indicates that the wildfire component of California's buffer pool is almost surely depleted. -card: buffer-update-two components: - name: ReversalsTable src: ./reversals-table.js diff --git a/posts/carb-buffer-decline.md b/posts/carb-buffer-decline.md index 0fde673..769ba8f 100644 --- a/posts/carb-buffer-decline.md +++ b/posts/carb-buffer-decline.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 04-05-2024 summary: New data released by the California Air Resources Board shows that California’s forest offset buffer pool has shrunk two quarters in a row. -card: carb-buffer-decline components: - name: BufferBalance src: ./buffer-balance.js diff --git a/posts/cdr-database-archived.md b/posts/cdr-database-archived.md index 39e9be2..fca22ba 100644 --- a/posts/cdr-database-archived.md +++ b/posts/cdr-database-archived.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Freya Chay date: 09-20-2022 summary: Why we are archiving the CDR Database and shifting our attention to other priorities in the carbon removal ecosystem. -card: cdr-database-archived --- One of our first projects at CarbonPlan was building the [CDR Database](https://carbonplan.org/research/cdr-database). Over the last two years, we analyzed more than 200 carbon dioxide removal (CDR) proposals, across a wide range of approaches, with the goal of bringing more openness, transparency, and accountability to the carbon removal ecosystem. In the early days of our organization, the CDR Database was by far our most-accessed research product. diff --git a/posts/cdr-standards-call.md b/posts/cdr-standards-call.md index dd3852f..c7158d7 100644 --- a/posts/cdr-standards-call.md +++ b/posts/cdr-standards-call.md @@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ authors: src: https://images.carbonplan.org/authors/elizabeth-troein.png date: 2-10-2023 summary: We summarize a public letter from 35 organizations across the CDR ecosystem calling for a scientifically-grounded standards body for long-duration CDR that could review and harmonize emerging protocols. -card: cdr-standards-call --- Last November, [Stripe](https://stripe.com/climate), [Lowercarbon Capital](https://lowercarboncapital.com), [Isometric](https://isometric.com), and CarbonPlan organized a convening focused on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV). At the convening, there was broad agreement that more robust structures are needed to ensure high-quality quantification and verification of carbon removal deployments. diff --git a/posts/climate-risk-metadata.md b/posts/climate-risk-metadata.md index baa5bd1..332720c 100644 --- a/posts/climate-risk-metadata.md +++ b/posts/climate-risk-metadata.md @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ authors: - Sadie Frank date: 01-30-2023 summary: Highlighting scientific factors that can influence climate risk products. -card: climate-risk-metadata --- Until recently, physical climate risk assessments were conducted largely in academic contexts, where detailed methods descriptions are the norm. In that setting, researchers can evaluate and trust scientific analyses because they can review the methodological details, which increasingly means having access to the underlying data and code. diff --git a/posts/climate-risks-insurance.md b/posts/climate-risks-insurance.md index 783da06..e9dc3de 100644 --- a/posts/climate-risks-insurance.md +++ b/posts/climate-risks-insurance.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: date: 12-20-2022 summary: We analyze different ways the Federal Insurance Office could identify the most climate-vulnerable states. fileId: 1zcsvClWeNMJIcnbTHg0eGcXISb9aftyvdUNJgbPHaKI -card: climate-risks-insurance components: - name: States src: ./states.js diff --git a/posts/climate-trace-release.md b/posts/climate-trace-release.md index 64ae998..e36e995 100644 --- a/posts/climate-trace-release.md +++ b/posts/climate-trace-release.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Joe Hamman date: 09-16-2021 summary: Our contributions to the initial Climate TRACE data release, and what’s coming next. -card: climate-trace-release components: - name: Map src: ./figure.js diff --git a/posts/cloud-downscaling-pipelines.md b/posts/cloud-downscaling-pipelines.md index 29563f1..787c1a1 100644 --- a/posts/cloud-downscaling-pipelines.md +++ b/posts/cloud-downscaling-pipelines.md @@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ authors: - Joe Hamman date: 09-02-2022 summary: We describe our experiences building cloud-based data analysis pipelines for climate model downscaling, including specific challenges we faced and lessons we learned. -card: cloud-downscaling-pipelines components: - name: PipelineDiagram src: ./pipeline-diagram.js diff --git a/posts/compliance-users-release.md b/posts/compliance-users-release.md index 8ed8065..780958e 100644 --- a/posts/compliance-users-release.md +++ b/posts/compliance-users-release.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Danny Cullenward date: 01-05-2022 summary: A new tool for tracking the use of carbon offsets for compliance in California's cap-and-trade program. -card: compliance-users-release --- In California’s cap-and-trade program, polluters can use offset credits to satisfy a portion of their compliance obligation. For accountability purposes, we think it’s important to be able to connect the dots between offset projects and the emissions they enable. diff --git a/posts/compliance-users-update.md b/posts/compliance-users-update.md index 3b21d99..1a27974 100644 --- a/posts/compliance-users-update.md +++ b/posts/compliance-users-update.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Freya Chay date: 2-23-2023 summary: We updated the Compliance Users tool to include the latest available cap-and-trade program data about who is using which offsets. -card: compliance-users-update --- Last year, we released a [tool](https://carbonplan.org/research/compliance-users) that allows you to explore who is using which offsets to meet compliance obligations in the California cap-and-trade program. We've now updated the tool to reflect the [compliance data](https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/cap-and-trade-program/cap-and-trade-program-data) that was released in December 2022. diff --git a/posts/compliance-users-v3.md b/posts/compliance-users-v3.md index 5b1f9d6..a53c20f 100644 --- a/posts/compliance-users-v3.md +++ b/posts/compliance-users-v3.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Freya Chay date: 01-08-2024 summary: We updated the Compliance Users tool to include the latest available cap-and-trade program data about who is using which offsets. -card: compliance-users-v3 --- In 2021, we released a [tool](https://carbonplan.org/research/compliance-users) that allows you to explore which regulated entities are using which offsets to compensate for their emissions within the California cap-and-trade program. We have now updated the tool to reflect the [compliance data](https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/cap-and-trade-program/cap-and-trade-program-data) that was released in December 2023. diff --git a/posts/compliance-users-v4.md b/posts/compliance-users-v4.md index 79cab98..50149ca 100644 --- a/posts/compliance-users-v4.md +++ b/posts/compliance-users-v4.md @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 12-19-2024 summary: We updated the Compliance Users tool to include the latest available cap-and-trade program data about who used which offsets during the program’s fourth compliance period. -card: compliance-users-v4 --- In 2022, we built a [tool](https://carbonplan.org/research/compliance-users) that makes data about offset use within the California cap-and-trade program more accessible. Earlier this month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its [annual data update](https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/cap-and-trade-program/cap-and-trade-program-data), which we have now added to the tool. diff --git a/posts/enhanced-weathering-update.md b/posts/enhanced-weathering-update.md index 3c739c5..7863d9c 100644 --- a/posts/enhanced-weathering-update.md +++ b/posts/enhanced-weathering-update.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: src: https://images.carbonplan.org/authors/zeke-hausfather.png date: 12-19-2022 summary: Updating our representation of Enhanced Weathering in the CDR Verification Framework in response to helpful feedback. -card: enhanced-weathering-update components: - name: BeforeAfter src: ./before-after.js diff --git a/posts/first-post-welcome.md b/posts/first-post-welcome.md index 9eb659f..66a0121 100644 --- a/posts/first-post-welcome.md +++ b/posts/first-post-welcome.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Jeremy Freeman date: 09-14-2021 summary: Why we made this and what you'll find here. -card: first-post-welcome --- Public communication is core to our mission at CarbonPlan. diff --git a/posts/forest-offsets-firms.md b/posts/forest-offsets-firms.md index ecf2c26..ce47319 100644 --- a/posts/forest-offsets-firms.md +++ b/posts/forest-offsets-firms.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Raphael Hagen date: 08-31-2023 summary: We added near real-time satellite data to our fire and offset project monitoring tool to highlight active and changing portions of fires. -card: forest-offsets-firms --- Over the past three fire seasons, we have [monitored wildfires](https://carbonplan.org/blog/offsets-fires-update) that burn within forest carbon offsets projects enrolled under California’s offsets program. To continue to improve our ability to monitor rapidly changing fires and highlight active burn areas, we have now added near real-time satellite data to our [monitoring tool](https://carbonplan.org/research/forest-offsets-fires). diff --git a/posts/forest-offsets-mismatch.md b/posts/forest-offsets-mismatch.md index 1eb2420..57475a6 100644 --- a/posts/forest-offsets-mismatch.md +++ b/posts/forest-offsets-mismatch.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 03-21-2023 summary: A new paper about declining habitat suitability for conifers in California's Sierra Nevada demonstrates the shaky scientific foundations of California's forest offsets program. -card: forest-offsets-mismatch components: - name: Table src: '@carbonplan/components' diff --git a/posts/fsoc-open-data.md b/posts/fsoc-open-data.md index 082cdc3..2b69b78 100644 --- a/posts/fsoc-open-data.md +++ b/posts/fsoc-open-data.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Sadie Frank date: 11-04-2021 summary: Why open data and analytics matter in addressing climate-related financial risk. -card: fsoc-open-data --- On October 21, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) declared climate change an [emerging threat to financial stability](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0426). FSOC’s report comes at an important moment, as US domestic climate policy is mired in conflict during the COP26 meeting in Glasgow, and as international peers have already pulled ahead of the US in financial climate risk regulation. This blog post responds to one important issue raised by the report: the need for open data in climate-related financial risk analysis. diff --git a/posts/ftx-donation-return.md b/posts/ftx-donation-return.md index 8b9ee98..0587399 100644 --- a/posts/ftx-donation-return.md +++ b/posts/ftx-donation-return.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Jeremy Freeman date: 02-07-2024 summary: Two years ago, we received a donation we didn’t ask for. Last month, we were asked to send it back. -card: ftx-donation-return --- In the summer of 2021, we received an unsolicited donation of $200k from the charity arm of the now-disgraced cryptocurrency firm FTX. It was unsolicited both in the sense that we did not ask for it, nor did we agree to accept it. A [story in Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2022/11/22/this-climate-change-nonprofit-didnt-ask-for-ftxs-moneybut-got-200000-anyways/) covered the bizarre incident well. diff --git a/posts/geochemical-cdr-measurements.md b/posts/geochemical-cdr-measurements.md index 5a84370..9dfd80e 100644 --- a/posts/geochemical-cdr-measurements.md +++ b/posts/geochemical-cdr-measurements.md @@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ authors: collapseCardAuthors: true date: 09-07-2023 summary: “Measurements in Geochemical Carbon Dioxide Removal” by Campbell et al. presents a timely synthesis of measurement techniques to support CDR decision-making with a strong technical foundation. -card: geochemical-cdr-measurements --- Yesterday, researchers published the first edition of [_“Measurements in Geochemical Carbon Dioxide Removal”_](https://doi.org/10.17861/2GE7-RE08) (Campbell et al. 2023), to which CarbonPlan contributed a forward. This work was led by scientists at Heriot-Watt University, and funded in part by the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC). The report consolidates technical best practices for geochemical measurements that are relevant to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches like [enhanced weathering](https://carbonplan.org/research/cdr-verification/enhanced-weathering) and [alkaline waste mineralization](https://carbonplan.org/research/cdr-verification/alkaline-waste-mineralization). It is freely accessible to the public, and should serve as a resource for all members of the geochemical CDR community to learn about relevant analytical techniques and how they can contribute to more effective and informed decision-making. diff --git a/posts/ipcc-cdr-methodologies.md b/posts/ipcc-cdr-methodologies.md index 20cea1a..d55ad1d 100644 --- a/posts/ipcc-cdr-methodologies.md +++ b/posts/ipcc-cdr-methodologies.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: src: https://images.carbonplan.org/authors/steve-smith.png date: 10-21-2024 summary: Upcoming CDR methodologies from the IPCC will provide a blueprint for national reporting of CDR. Now is the time to share evidence. -card: ipcc-cdr-methodologies --- The IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI) plays a quiet but critical role in global climate policy. This body develops [methodologies](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/index.html) that countries use to estimate and report the greenhouse gas emissions and removals that happen within their borders. Those national inventories provide the basis for national climate policies and for reporting progress toward Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. diff --git a/posts/kerchunk-climate-data.md b/posts/kerchunk-climate-data.md index 0ce5d7a..13822ae 100644 --- a/posts/kerchunk-climate-data.md +++ b/posts/kerchunk-climate-data.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Oriana Chegwidden date: 12-15-2023 summary: The open source Python library Kerchunk can speed up climate research. -card: kerchunk-climate-data components: - name: Table src: '@carbonplan/components' diff --git a/posts/klamath-east-relisting.md b/posts/klamath-east-relisting.md index 2e444ee..f0f5f92 100644 --- a/posts/klamath-east-relisting.md +++ b/posts/klamath-east-relisting.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 11-26-2024 summary: For the first time, a landowner is looking to re-enroll a forest that was part of a project terminated after a catastrophic fire. While this practice is legal, it has potentially negative consequences for California’s buffer pool. -card: klamath-east-relisting --- The risks wildfire poses to the operation of California’s forest offset program are bigger than you might think — because the same place can burn more than once. In 2021, the Bootleg Fire burned through more than 400,000 acres of Southern Oregon, including nearly 100,000 acres of a California forest offset project called Klamath East ([ACR273](https://carbonplan.org/research/offsets-db/projects/ACR273)). The damage was so severe that the entire project was terminated, resulting in the retirement of 1.14 million offset credits from California’s buffer pool. The buffer pool is meant to insure California’s cap and trade program against the loss of offset projects and, to date, the Bootleg reversal represents the second largest withdrawal from the buffer pool in program history. diff --git a/posts/klimadao-bct-response.md b/posts/klimadao-bct-response.md index 1c9c842..7e75249 100644 --- a/posts/klimadao-bct-response.md +++ b/posts/klimadao-bct-response.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Danny Cullenward date: 09-14-2022 summary: KlimaDAO sidesteps CarbonPlan’s criticisms of offset credit quality. -card: klimadao-bct-response --- Last week, KlimaDAO published [an analysis](https://www.klimadao.finance/blog/klimadao-analysis-of-the-base-carbon-tonne) of the Base Carbon Tonne (BCT) — a tokenized “pool” of conventional carbon offset credits that [we criticized](https://carbonplan.org/research/toucan-crypto-offsets) earlier this spring. This post responds to KlimaDAO’s analysis, which presents sunny conclusions that KlimaDAO describes as “in tension” with CarbonPlan’s findings on credit quality. diff --git a/posts/lionshead-fire-update.md b/posts/lionshead-fire-update.md index 6921394..46f6181 100644 --- a/posts/lionshead-fire-update.md +++ b/posts/lionshead-fire-update.md @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ authors: - Danny Cullenward date: 01-20-2023 summary: Missed deadlines and paperwork discrepancies obscure the status of California’s forest carbon offset buffer pool. -card: lionshead-fire-update components: - name: Scan src: ./scan.js diff --git a/posts/maps-library-release.md b/posts/maps-library-release.md index 69d962f..5e31651 100644 --- a/posts/maps-library-release.md +++ b/posts/maps-library-release.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Joe Hamman date: 09-27-2021 summary: Why rendering scientific data in web maps is so tough, and how we’re trying to solve it. -card: maps-library-release components: - name: MapDemo2d src: ./maps-demo-2d.js diff --git a/posts/mescalero-wildfires-2024.md b/posts/mescalero-wildfires-2024.md index 3344b80..d57fab1 100644 --- a/posts/mescalero-wildfires-2024.md +++ b/posts/mescalero-wildfires-2024.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 06-26-2024 summary: Two fires in southern New Mexico have damaged the Mescalero Apache offset project, a large forest project enrolled in California’s forest offset program. -card: mescalero-wildfires-2024 --- Wildfires are burning again in the United States. This time, it’s the [South Fork and Salt fires](https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/nmmea-south-fork-and-salt), which started burning last Monday in southern New Mexico. Anomalously dry and windy conditions helped fuel these blazes, which quickly engulfed thousands of acres, triggering widespread evacuations, damaging upwards of 1,000 structures, and tragically killing at least two people. diff --git a/posts/occ-risk-comment.md b/posts/occ-risk-comment.md index c528325..b7ff0f6 100644 --- a/posts/occ-risk-comment.md +++ b/posts/occ-risk-comment.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Sadie Frank date: 02-18-2022 summary: We welcome the OCC's draft climate-related financial risk management principles and point out core tensions that could arise in implementation. -card: occ-risk-comment --- We submitted comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on their [Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management diff --git a/posts/offsets-fires-update.md b/posts/offsets-fires-update.md index c663a2a..e0463ad 100644 --- a/posts/offsets-fires-update.md +++ b/posts/offsets-fires-update.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Joe Hamman date: 06-16-2022 summary: We have updated our wildfire monitoring tool in preparation for the 2022 fire season. -card: offsets-fires-update components: - name: CreditingTable src: ./crediting-table.js diff --git a/posts/open-lidar-biomass.md b/posts/open-lidar-biomass.md index ecb9fa8..abc7b03 100644 --- a/posts/open-lidar-biomass.md +++ b/posts/open-lidar-biomass.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Joe Hamman date: 02-16-2022 summary: An open source implementation of forest biomass estimation using LiDAR. -card: open-lidar-biomass components: - name: Chart src: ./figure.js diff --git a/posts/open-risk-data.md b/posts/open-risk-data.md index 3007f77..c3ca816 100644 --- a/posts/open-risk-data.md +++ b/posts/open-risk-data.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Oriana Chegwidden date: 09-05-2023 summary: Announcing the release of a new extreme heat dataset, and reflecting on why it’s important to do this kind of work in the open. -card: open-risk-data --- Searches on Google for the term “heatwave” fluctuate throughout the year, typically peaking in July and bottoming out in December. But for the past two decades searches have been steadily rising — even in the winter. Now, more people seek information about extreme heat when it’s cold than they did when it was hot 20 years ago. It’s hard to imagine this trend is unrelated to climate change. And I think it demonstrates that one of the ways people are responding to climate risks is by trying to learn more about them. diff --git a/posts/physical-risk-workshop.md b/posts/physical-risk-workshop.md index 4a25861..b1b7805 100644 --- a/posts/physical-risk-workshop.md +++ b/posts/physical-risk-workshop.md @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ authors: - Oriana Chegwidden date: 08-19-2022 summary: We hosted a workshop with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Initiative on Climate Risk and Resilience Law (ICRRL) on physical climate risk and financial regulation. -card: physical-risk-workshop --- The human and economic costs of climate change are increasingly visible across the U.S. In turn, regulators tasked with overseeing the economy and financial markets are focusing their attention to risks from climate hazards like floods, wildfires, and heatwaves. In 2021, the Biden Administration issued an [executive order](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/05/20/executive-order-on-climate-related-financial-risk/) directing key regulatory agencies to review how they can address climate-related financial risk. In the year that followed, [several agencies](https://ceres.org/accelerator/regulation/scorecard?_ga=2.138448954.821819762.1657639703-6922862.1657639703) have taken encouraging steps to integrate climate risk into their work. Despite these important developments, much remains to be done to successfully ensure that climate change considerations are integrated into financial regulation — a task that requires [collaboration and engagement across different technical domains](https://carbonplan.org/research/data-financial-risk). diff --git a/posts/rimba-raya-license.md b/posts/rimba-raya-license.md index 6cda3ba..1231998 100644 --- a/posts/rimba-raya-license.md +++ b/posts/rimba-raya-license.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 04-30-2024 summary: A political threat to a massive offset project in Indonesia illustrates the risks of carbon offsetting. -card: rimba-raya-license --- Rimba Raya is one of the world’s largest offset projects and among the more highly regarded projects available on the market today – a tropical haven in Indonesia where both the atmosphere and endangered orangutans are protected through forest preservation. Unfortunately, the project’s future looks uncertain. Carbon Pulse, a carbon market news outlet, recently reported that the Indonesian government revoked a license crucial to the continued operation of Rimba Raya and that the project is now “[struggling to keep afloat](https://carbon-pulse.com/281876).” diff --git a/posts/scipy-conference-2022.md b/posts/scipy-conference-2022.md index 49c62a5..36c20d5 100644 --- a/posts/scipy-conference-2022.md +++ b/posts/scipy-conference-2022.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Joe Hamman date: 08-08-2022 summary: We recently attended the 21st annual Scientific Computing with Python conference. Here we share highlights from the tutorials and presentations. -card: scipy-conference-2022 --- At CarbonPlan, we both leverage and contribute to open source software projects that enable our work and the work of the broader climate community. Sometimes that includes participating in community events, like the annual [Scientific Computing with Python (SciPy) conference](https://www.scipy2022.scipy.org/), which members of our team attended last month in Austin, Texas. diff --git a/posts/seaweed-farming-clarifications.md b/posts/seaweed-farming-clarifications.md index 43b2694..adac77e 100644 --- a/posts/seaweed-farming-clarifications.md +++ b/posts/seaweed-farming-clarifications.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: src: https://images.carbonplan.org/authors/julianne-deangelo.png date: 05-20-2022 summary: Relying on public data, our recent seaweed farming modeling work made key assumptions about seaweed cultivation. We summarize why making these assumptions was necessary, and why as a result the modeled costs may not capture current advances taking place in the field. -card: seaweed-farming-clarifications --- _Julianne DeAngelo is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California, Irvine_ diff --git a/posts/sec-offset-disclosure.md b/posts/sec-offset-disclosure.md index 7fa9583..db91628 100644 --- a/posts/sec-offset-disclosure.md +++ b/posts/sec-offset-disclosure.md @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ authors: - Danny Cullenward date: 06-24-2022 summary: We summarize our comments to the SEC on the agency's proposed climate-risk disclosure rule. In our comments, we commend the rule's robust approach to carbon offsets and encourage the SEC to strengthen the proposed provisions for carbon removal. -card: sec-offset-disclosure --- We recently [submitted comments](https://files.carbonplan.org/SEC-Climate-Disclosures-Comment-Letter-06-16-2022.pdf) to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding their proposed climate-risk disclosure rule. The proposed rule represents a significant step forward for U.S. climate-related financial regulation. Under the new SEC rule, a publicly-traded company would be required to disclose its climate-related financial risks, strategies for managing those risks, and any climate targets or goals it may have set. diff --git a/posts/soil-protocols-added.md b/posts/soil-protocols-added.md index 744b04a..80040b8 100644 --- a/posts/soil-protocols-added.md +++ b/posts/soil-protocols-added.md @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ authors: - Danny Cullenward date: 10-13-2021 summary: We analyzed three new soil carbon protocols and added them our interactive database. -card: soil-protocols-added components: - name: RecommendationTable src: ./recommendation-table.js diff --git a/posts/stripe-2021-additions.md b/posts/stripe-2021-additions.md index 7630ca7..ba34f94 100644 --- a/posts/stripe-2021-additions.md +++ b/posts/stripe-2021-additions.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Freya Chay date: 12-15-2021 summary: Analysis of 11 new proposals from Stripe’s Fall 2021 CDR procurement. -card: stripe-2021-additions --- Since early 2020, we have been building a public [database](https://carbonplan.org/research/cdr-database) analyzing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) proposals. We’re now updating the database to include an analysis of 11 new proposals submitted in response to [Stripe’s Fall 2021 carbon removal procurement](https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/fall-21-carbon-removal-purchases). You can easily find these new entries with the search term “Stripe Fall 2021”. diff --git a/posts/ton-year-verra.md b/posts/ton-year-verra.md index b8a770f..b5cfc8a 100644 --- a/posts/ton-year-verra.md +++ b/posts/ton-year-verra.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 04-25-2022 summary: We summarize two recent comment letters about Verra’s proposed use of ton-year accounting to issue carbon offset credits — including via a proposed methodology developed by NCX which would credit harvest deferrals as short as a single year. -card: ton-year-verra --- We recently submitted two comment letters to the offsets registry [Verra](https://verra.org/) on the topic of using [ton-year accounting](https://carbonplan.org/research/ton-year-explainer) to issue carbon credits. The [first comment letter](https://files.carbonplan.org/Verra-Ton-Year-Comment-Letter-04-08-22.pdf) responds to Verra’s proposal to introduce a ton-year accounting option across its program — a change that would represent a profound shift in the way that Verra manages the permanence of carbon offset claims. The [second comment letter](https://files.carbonplan.org/Verra-NCX-Harvest-Deferral-Comment-Letter-04-21-2022.pdf) responds to a methodology developed by Verra and the forest carbon offsets company [NCX](https://ncx.com/ncx/) that uses ton-year accounting to credit forest harvest delays as short as one year. diff --git a/posts/usda-csaf-comment.md b/posts/usda-csaf-comment.md index cba6fc3..51e335a 100644 --- a/posts/usda-csaf-comment.md +++ b/posts/usda-csaf-comment.md @@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ authors: collapseCardAuthors: true date: 11-10-2021 summary: We encourage the USDA to directly procure "climate-smart" commodities instead of subsidizing carbon offsets. -card: usda-csaf-comment --- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently [published a request for information](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/30/2021-21368/climate-smart-agriculture-and-forestry-partnership-program) on the design of a new program to support the emerging market for “climate-smart commodities.” Specifically, the USDA proposes to create a Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry (CSAF) Partnership Program under the Commodity Credit Corporation, an intermediary run by the USDA that would provide public funding to participating projects. diff --git a/posts/vcl-update-v2023.04.0.md b/posts/vcl-update-v2023.04.0.md index 27633d8..d6a3823 100644 --- a/posts/vcl-update-v2023.04.0.md +++ b/posts/vcl-update-v2023.04.0.md @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ authors: - Raphael Hagen date: 04-10-2023 summary: We added new pathways (direct ocean removal, alkaline waste mineralization, and biochar), modified existing pathways, and upgraded the tool with improved versioning, additional documentation, and the ability to see how components are shared across pathways. -card: vcl-update-v2023.04.0 components: - name: VCLChart src: ./vcl-chart.js diff --git a/posts/vcl-update-v2023.10.0.md b/posts/vcl-update-v2023.10.0.md index 0eebc98..1414258 100644 --- a/posts/vcl-update-v2023.10.0.md +++ b/posts/vcl-update-v2023.10.0.md @@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ authors: src: https://images.carbonplan.org/authors/zeke-hausfather.png date: 10-11-2023 summary: Lime is used to manage soil pH in many agricultural fields and can remove carbon from the atmosphere when it weathers. We are updating our CDR Verification Framework tool to emphasize that changes in lime use and weathering should be accounted for in enhanced weathering and biochar deployments. -card: vcl-update-v2023.10.0 --- Last year, we released the CDR Verification Framework, a tool that maps out the key uncertainties associated with calculating net carbon removal for different methods, which our framework refers to as “pathways to carbon removal.” diff --git a/posts/vcl-update-v2024.04.0.md b/posts/vcl-update-v2024.04.0.md index af0c731..73ce402 100644 --- a/posts/vcl-update-v2024.04.0.md +++ b/posts/vcl-update-v2024.04.0.md @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ authors: color: yellow date: 04-01-2024 summary: We updated the Verification Framework tool to include more detail and a broader representation of biomass-based CDR pathways. We added two new pathways and updated three others. -card: vcl-update-v2024.04.0 components: - name: VCLChart src: ./vcl-chart.js diff --git a/posts/whiskey-ifm-fire.md b/posts/whiskey-ifm-fire.md index b3f3b1e..605abea 100644 --- a/posts/whiskey-ifm-fire.md +++ b/posts/whiskey-ifm-fire.md @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors: - Grayson Badgley date: 07-17-2024 summary: 'The Shelly Fire in Northern California highlights two problems with the offsets market: carbon losses from wildfire and disclosure of project boundaries.' -card: whiskey-ifm-fire --- Another large forest offset project is burning, marking the second project to burn in the 2024 wildfire season. Thanks to the sharp eyes of Zeke Lunder, who runs [The Lookout](https://the-lookout.org/) where he dispenses invaluable and timely analysis of wildfires across the American West, we know that the [Shelly Fire](https://app.watchduty.org/#/i/24191) is currently burning through the “Scott River Whiskey IFM [improved forest management] Project” ([ACR733](https://carbonplan.org/research/offsets-db/projects/ACR733)), a voluntary offset project located in Northern California. Zeke first mentioned the project’s intersection with the Shelly Fire over a week ago during his [July 7 livestream](https://youtu.be/szD6M2sQpwY?t=1245). diff --git a/posts/zarr-visualization-update.md b/posts/zarr-visualization-update.md index 6d7fdaf..f646477 100644 --- a/posts/zarr-visualization-update.md +++ b/posts/zarr-visualization-update.md @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ authors: - Anderson Banihirwe date: 12-12-2023 summary: We’ve relaxed the data pre-processing requirements that limit the flexibility of our mapping toolkit. Here’s how we did it. -card: zarr-visualization-update --- {