Eligibility interpreted as assurance and trust inflation in carbon credit markets
炭素クレジット市場における適格性の保証解釈と信頼インフレーション (AI 翻訳)
Tomohiro Kuwae
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日本語
本研究は、炭素クレジット市場において適格性ルールがクレジットの完全性保証として解釈される「信頼インフレーション」という概念を導入する。この現象は、独立した評価の代替となり、低完全性のクレジットが入手可能な場合に、精査の低下、価格重視の調達、逆選別、完全性論争を増幅させる可能性がある。提案される対策として、段階的適格性枠組みと監査・ガバナンスの強化が含まれる。
English
This study introduces the concept of 'trust inflation' in carbon credit markets, where eligibility rules are interpreted as assurance of credit integrity beyond what evidence and governance support. This can substitute for independent assessment and, under incomplete conditions, amplify reduced scrutiny, price-centered procurement, adverse selection, and integrity controversies when low-integrity supply is available. Governance responses include tiered eligibility frameworks linked to differentiated claim permissions and audit-governance arrangements.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本はJ-クレジット制度や国際的な炭素市場への参加を進めており、本論文の「信頼インフレーション」概念は、日本の炭素クレジットの適格性ガバナンス設計に示唆を与える。特に、日本の制度ではクレジットの完全性確保が課題であり、段階的適格性枠組みの導入検討に有用。
In the global GX context
Globally, carbon credit markets face integrity challenges as they expand under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and voluntary markets. The trust inflation concept provides a lens for understanding how eligibility designations can undermine credit quality, offering governance lessons for regulators and standard-setters such as ICVCM and CORSIA.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:The concept of trust inflation offers a new analytical framework for studying governance failures in carbon credit markets and the role of eligibility rules.
🏢実務担当者:Corporate buyers of carbon credits should be aware that eligibility designations may overstate integrity, necessitating independent verification beyond simple compliance.
🏛政策担当者:Regulators should consider tiered eligibility frameworks and stronger audit governance to prevent trust inflation and ensure carbon credit market integrity.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Carbon credit markets rely on eligibility rules to define which units may be used for compliance, procurement, or publicly endorsed claims. Yet eligibility designations may come to be interpreted as signals of credit integrity. This study introduces the concept of “trust inflation” to describe a condition in which eligibility designations convey assurance exceeding the evidentiary and governance foundations supporting claims of credit integrity. Trust inflation is framed here as a governance concept rather than an empirically validated causal mechanism, and as a potential substitute for independent assessment that can shift attention from those foundations toward eligibility status. The analysis focuses on eligibility governance in compliance settings, where eligibility decisions carry legal and reputational consequences. It argues that, under conditions of persistent incompleteness, trust inflation in eligibility-based governance can amplify reduced scrutiny, price-centered procurement, adverse selection, and recurring integrity controversies when low-integrity supply is available. The study identifies observable implications of trust inflation and proposes governance responses, including tiered eligibility frameworks linked to differentiated claim permissions and audit-governance arrangements that strengthen verification incentives, oversight, transparency, and accountability. The analysis clarifies how eligibility governance can either reinforce or constrain trust inflation as carbon credits are increasingly embedded in public policy regimes.
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- openalex https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0001001first seen 2026-07-26 05:22:05
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