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Carbon Credit Integrity & MRV Critique

The audit is the product. Researchers in this group have published peer-reviewed evidence of over-crediting, phantom reductions, and structural incentives that degrade offset quality. Their methodology critiques define the gap that LedgerWell proof packs are engineered to close.

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The audit is the product. Researchers in this group have published peer-reviewed evidence of over-crediting, phantom reductions, and structural incentives that degrade offset quality. Their methodology critiques define the gap that LedgerWell proof packs are engineered to close.

Researchers tracked — Carbon Credit Integrity & MRV Critique

Tier 1Carbon Credit Integrity
Dr. Danny Cullenward
Kleinman Center / American University / CarbonPlan
Ties economic incentive design to scientific integrity. Has been vocal about structural incentives for low-quality credits — same problem proof packs solve.
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Tier 1Carbon Credit Integrity
Dr. Barbara Haya
UC Berkeley — Berkeley Carbon Trading Project
Her 'contributions approach' over offsetting IS the thesis that proof packs enable. Published Dec 2025 in Nature Climate Change on UNFCCC trading risk; 2026 Carbon Management paper on cookstove additionality; runs the Voluntary Registry Offsets Database.
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Tier 1Carbon Credit Integrity
Stephen Lezak
Berkeley / Haya co-author
Co-authored CA cap-and-trade critique with Haya. Entry path to the Berkeley team.
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Tier 1Carbon Credit Integrity
Dr. Noah J. Planavsky
Yale University — Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences; Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (steering committee)
Co-author of Jan 2026 npj Climate Action paper 'The importance of radical transparency for responsible carbon dioxide removal' — this paper IS the published public thesis for what LedgerWell proof packs deliver (open data on methodologies, open data on dollar-per-ton costs, in…
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Tier 1Carbon Credit Integrity
Dr. Christopher T. Reinhard
Georgia Institute of Technology — School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Georgia Power Chair
Co-author with Planavsky of Jan 2026 npj Climate Action 'radical transparency' paper. Biogeochemist, enhanced-weathering modeler, co-founder of Lithos Carbon (ERW startup), Scientific Advisory Board of CREW (with Planavsky). 2025 Nature paper 'Transforming US agriculture for c…
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Tier 1Carbon Credit Integrity
Dr. Erin Sills
NC State University
Authority on cookstove + forest offset effectiveness. Her social/environmental lens strengthens proof-pack legitimacy in development contexts (Ethiopia, LedgerWell playbook).
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Tier 1Carbon Credit Integrity
Mark Trexler
Climatographer
Pioneer (1988 first offset project) turned vocal critic. His 'additionality has been a persistent problem for decades' narrative aligns with the proof-pack value prop.
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Tier 1Carbon Credit Integrity
Dr. Thales West
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Authored the Science paper on REDD+ phantom credits that shook the market. Synthetic control methodology is directly relevant to LedgerWell baseline integrity.
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