The scheme under question is the fifth-largest nature-based carbon abatement scheme in the world, making the adverse findings of global significance.

Australia’s biggest carbon credit scheme is barely removing any greenhouse gas from the atmosphere, according to a new study, despite hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into it by businesses and the government.

One of the study’s authors, Dr Megan Evans from UNSW Canberra, said the findings about the Human Induced Regeneration scheme, known as HIR, pointed to “such huge failures that it’s almost beyond belief”.

  • Fleur_@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    18 hours ago

    They did exactly what they were meant to do which is give corporations a free pass for 10 years.

  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world
    7·
    23 hours ago

    Australia is yet to produce a carbon offset scheme that isn’t fraudulent greenwashing.

    • Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      16 hours ago

      Has anyone?

      We’re not going to reduce the harm of climate change with these unproven technologies, it will only come from the 7 R’s.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
      61·
      22 hours ago

      Australia Anyone is yet to produce a carbon offset scheme that isn’t fraudulent greenwashing.

      FTFY

      It was apparent from the start that carbon offset was nothing more than a greenwashing scheme.