Carbon Offsetting
Verra axing of Shell’s rice-farming carbon credits in China fuels integrity fears
The carbon market standard found “serious” quality issues with the projects, prompting questions about their initial approval
Forest carbon projects turn to consumers in quest for cash
NEWS: Stand for Trees campaign will open up voluntary forest carbon market to ordinary people, as well as governments and corporations
Aviation industry unlikely to agree emissions reduction deal until 2016
Draft text to be presented at ICAO Council meeting next week suggests decision on global deal will be delayed
How private sector expertise can make carbon credits greener
The Livelihoods Venture allows businesses to invest in offset projects that boost the income of some of the world’s poorest communities.
Green groups call on ArcelorMittal to underwrite Olympic carbon emissions
Steel giant can offset the London Games’ greenhouse gas impact by cancelling just three percent of its massive reserve of excess carbon credits.
Rio+20 Business Focus: A new approach to carbon compensation
Carbon offsetting is a complex process, and needs effective measuring and verification processes. Investment experts ‘The Livelihoods Fund’ have first hand experience of how to set up and run projects.
PODCAST: How carbon offsetting is working in the DRC
In the seventh of a series of UNFCCC Podcasts, Kensika Monshengwo, a freelance journalist from the Democratic Republic of Congo, explains how carbon offsetting works, using the example of tree planting projects.