Practical analysis from practitioners.
On carbon project feasibility, methodology failures, and what rigorous assessment actually requires.
Why Nature-Based Carbon Projects Fail — and What a Rigorous Feasibility Assessment Should Catch
Nature-based carbon projects fail certification at a high rate — not because of bad land, but because of assessments that miss the problems that matter. Here is what those problems are, and how a rigorous pre-development feasibility screen should address them.
What Does a Carbon Project Feasibility Study Cost — and What Are You Actually Buying?
Traditional feasibility studies from environmental consultancies cost $25,000–$75,000 and take months. But the study itself is not the product — what you are buying is risk elimination. Here is how to evaluate what a study is worth, and what separates rigorous work from desk-based templates.
The Additionality Problem: Why Half of Top Carbon Projects Carry Certification Risk
Additionality — the requirement that carbon benefits would not have occurred without the project — is the most consequential test in carbon project development. It is also the most consistently missed in early-stage feasibility work. This is how it fails, and why.