VCMs: Current Limits to Scale

Alicia Seiger & Marc Roston of the Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance will share their research and latest thinking, including the “Diligence, Reform, Reset” framework and an upcoming VCM white paper. They will explore the current frontiers of VCM theory, such as:

(i) Accounting vs. counting and links to the climate goal,
(ii) Title issues (how can a project actually have a title to carbon? What is a project actually selling?),
(iii) Who writes the rules, gaps in oversight, and how that shapes incentives & structural improvements,
(iv) Counterparty risk (where does the buck stop if things go wrong?), and
(v) Permanence and additionality vs. quality.

There will be an opportunity for Q&A, time permitting.