Join Cary Institute President Joshua Ginsberg and forest ecologist Charles Canham for a virtual discussion on the limitations of forest carbon offsets. Canham, a distinguished senior scientist emeritus at Cary has deep concerns about the true climate benefits of the current forest carbon offset market. They will discuss fundamental flaws in how forest carbon offsets are awarded, the folly of granting offsets to already protected lands, and ecological limits on how much carbon US forests can sequester. Also, how ‘leakage’ can shift forest harvests to vulnerable locations, and the ethics of allowing industries to purchase credits from faraway forests so they can continue polluting locally. This event will include time for audience Q&A. Free and open to all. Zoom login info will be sent with Eventbrite registration confirmation.