Carbon accounting audit uncovers 42 million tonnes of duplicate voluntary registry offsets
Whistleblower dossier reveals that forest preservation projects across three continents were claimed simultaneously by corporate buyers and host states.
An exhaustive forensic review of voluntary carbon offset registries by StratIQ Times has identified forty-two million tonnes of duplicate emissions reductions issued between 2021 and 2025.
The discrepancies stem from overlapping jurisdictional accounting, where avoided deforestation projects were monetized by private project developers while simultaneously counted toward national net-zero pledges.
Major European corporate purchasers that used the credits to claim carbon neutrality for air travel and logistics operations face potential regulatory inquiries under truth-in-advertising statutes.
Registry operators announced an immediate freeze on twenty-eight forestry credit batches pending independent third-party recertification.
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