New research indicates that carbon credit buffer pools in the U.S. are significantly undersized, failing to account for the increasing risk of wildfires, droughts, and insect infestations. In some regions of the U.S. West, the likelihood of carbon reversal is far higher than current market protocols assume. Scientists suggest that updating these protocols with climate-informed data can help steer investments toward low-risk areas, ensuring that nature-based climate solutions actually keep carbon sequestered over a 100 year horizon.
