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The original was posted on /r/collapse by /u/Economy_Seat_7250 on 2025-10-07 06:59:28+00:00.

According to a recent research paper, carbon credit schemes over the last quarter of a century have been largely ineffective.

The study warns that incremental measures to offset carbon are proving inadequate due to intractable structural problems.

One of the studies authors also warns against junk credit schemes, pointing to issues like double counting where credit is claimed for an initiative that would have happened anyway.

I’m reminded of Sandel’s work on the moral limits of markets: by using market initiatives to essentially outsource the hard work of sustainability, there seems to be a sense that those most responsible for emissions absolve themselves without atonement.