Action needed to make carbon offsets from tropical forest conservation work for climate change mitigation · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2301.03354/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTAction needed to make carbon offsets from tropical forest conservation work for climate change mitigation — mentioned by whimsicalismhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37603609urn:hackerpapers:mention:2301.03354:37603609Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:13:09 GMT<p>e: Oh I see, you were talking about the California article I linked, which is by a different author. That said, I think the section you are discussing is just about potential flaws in the causal model and why they think it is unlikely, not their primary reasoning. Maybe a different article, the one I am talking about conducted a causal estimate of the carbon averted using synthetic controls, not at all the argument that you are stating [0]. Again, all of this debate would be easy to end with a controlled trial that non-profits like Verra will never do because of what they would reveal. Do you…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2301.03354/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>econ.GN