Green Lairds and the great carbon offset: how to reconcile natural capital, net-zero and just transition priorities?

In this joint event with the Business School and the British Institute for Energy Economics (BIEE), a panel of academic and practitioner experts, including ECCI Director Professor Dave Reay, will address the following questions:

• What trends are we witnessing in rural Scotland with regards to large-scale land purchases for carbon offsetting?
• What is driving these trends and what does the future look like?
• What positive and negative impacts are these offsets having, in terms of net-zero, natural capital and a just transition?
• How are these carbon offsetting projects impacting local communities?
• What needs to change to ensure that these projects create added-value for Scotland’s rural communities?

Registration and coffee from 6pm. The event will be followed by a networking drinks reception.

• Charles Hendry, Honorary Professor and President of BIEE (Chair)Microphone
• Dave Reay, Professor of Carbon Management, University of Edinburgh; Executive Director for Edinburgh Climate Change Institute; Director of Policy at ClimateXChange
• Kirsten Jenkins, Lecturer in Energy, Environment and Society, University of Edinburgh
• Ailsa Raeburn, Chairperson for Community Land Scotland; Chair of the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust
• Stephen Young, Head of Policy at Scottish Land and Estates