Climate Foresight 2025

Figure 13 - LuxCS Futures Wheel In addition to initiatives derived from stakeholder analysis, LuxCS’ commitment to systems-level change is further evidenced by its certification of credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissionsthrough the UnCarbonize Program within the Triple C Protocol. The UnCarbonize Program assesses a whole-of-production chain of emissions, encouraging environmental and biodiversityconservation of the land and sectors where carbon is bei ng a bated. This overcomes a common issue in carbon markets: an overfocus on carbon abatement at the expense of broader sustainability characteristics of land and ecosystems (Kim et al. 2024). UnCarbonize reflects the remarks of Kahane (2018) - the need for holistic change in complex environments to drive impact. Doing so should enable a shift in the understandings, relations, intentions, and actions of stakeholders involved in LuxCS, as proposed by Kahane (2018): ● Wit h a s tronger appreciation of the complex interaction of the land’s biodiversity, carbon, and potential value, understandings should change. ● Landholders’ relations to their land should change, as they can appreciate their land’s economic value in a new sustainable way. Climate Foresight: Transforming the Voluntary Carbon Markets, by Roger Spitz & James Balzer 34 © Disruptive Futures Institute, March 2025