Verra axing of Shell’s rice-farming carbon credits in China fuels integrity fears

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1. “The axing of Shell’s carbon offsetting schemes linked to Chinese rice farming, announced by leading carbon credit standard Verra this week, has raised questions about the process used to verify the emissions reductions from such projects.

   The activities were meant to slash climate-heating emissions of methane – a potent greenhouse gas – caused by the decomposition of plants in rice fields by changing irrigation methods. But, in a 17-month review, Verra found a string of failures in the projects’ practices, resulting in the production of credits in excess of actual emission reductions.”