Climate change is supercharging hurricanes, heavy downpours, and wildfires, all of which make landslides more likely.
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The rising risk of landslides
Abatify Summary
Nature & Climate Perspective
**Escalating landslide risks driven by climate extremes directly threaten the permanence and ecological integrity of terrestrial carbon sinks, creating severe physical hazards for forestry and land-use projects. **
- Landslides trigger rapid biomass loss and acute soil erosion, severely undermining the long-term carbon sequestration potential and baseline measurements of LULUCF initiatives.
- The compounding effects of wildfires followed by intense downpours accelerate slope destabilization, leading to catastrophic habitat fragmentation and loss of localized biodiversity.
- Siltation and debris runoff from landslide events degrade downslope aquatic ecosystems, risking the stability of adjacent freshwater systems and coastal Blue Carbon buffers.
Market & Policy Outlook
**The rising frequency of climate-induced landslides introduces unprecedented permanence risks that challenge the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) regarding buffer pool sufficiency and long-term risk mitigation. **
- Project developers face heightened regulatory and market scrutiny under ICVCM CCPs, specifically regarding the 'Permanence' criterion and the viability of multi-decade reversal risk insurance.
- Escalating geohazards threaten corporate Scope 3 supply chain resilience, forcing companies aligned with SBTi to re-evaluate their exposure to land-use risks and infrastructure vulnerability.
- Under Article 6.2 and Article 6.4, host nations exporting ITMOs from forest-based projects may see their sovereign risk profiles rise, potentially depressing credit pricing and market liquidity.
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