In 2024, wildfires burned a record number of forests participating in California's forest offset program, exposing the danger of relying on forests to slow climate change. While California maintains a reserve of offset credits—known as a “buffer pool”—that is intended to safeguard against such carbon losses, the growing frequency, and severity of wildfires threatens to undermine the program's environmental goals.

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日益活跃的野火季节威胁到森林支持的碳抵消计划的可持续性


2024 年，野火烧毁了参与加州森林抵消计划的森林数量，创下了历史新高，暴露了依赖森林减缓气候变化的危险。虽然加州保留了碳信用储备（称为“缓冲池”），旨在防止此类碳损失，但野火的日益频繁和严重性可能会破坏该计划的环境目标。