If a tree falls in a forest, what happens to its carboncredits? Unpacking Australia鈥檚 carbon offset scheme
Season 3, Episode 11 - Listen on:聽听触听听触听
Since 2012, the Clean Energy Regulator has issued 122,881,923 Australian聽Carbon聽Credit Units (also known as ACCUs) to over 1,400聽carbon聽abatement projects.
The projects can look like anything from tree plantations, to capturing landfill gases to preserving land that was otherwise marked for clearing.聽聽聽
Australia鈥檚聽carbon聽offset scheme is designed to cancel out emissions produced by big polluters and bring the country closer to net zero, but is it working?聽
This week,聽host Professor Andy Lowe is in conversation with聽Professor Michelle Waycott聽from the School of Biological Sciences at The 成人大片.聽Join us, as we discuss whether Australia鈥檚 efforts to offset have gone off track and what can be done about it.聽
Learn more about Michelle鈥檚 work or enquire about partnering with us here.
If you鈥檙e enjoying the show don鈥檛 forget to rate, review, and share with your friends to help listeners like yourself discover it.
You can contact the team at The Discovery Pod here:聽podcast@adelaide.edu.au