Carbon offsetting has become a vital tool for the aviation industry to mitigate its 2-3% contribution to global emissions, driven by airline pledges and international regulations like CORSIA. This ...

When Bill Gates, a self-proclaimed environmentalist, was confronted over his private jet carbon emissions, he deflected the issue, arguing that he offsets his emissions. He is not alone. From other ...

No matter how responsibly we try to live, it's impossible not to create pollution in some way. How we eat, how we power our homes, and how we get around create some amount of pollution. But just ...

This week, governments, policy makers, business leaders and members of civil society will gather in Dubai for COP28, to discuss the progress towards the goals set out in the Paris agreement. There is ...

The next time you buy a plane ticket or get a package delivered, you might see a pop-up on the website: the chance to buy a carbon offset with your purchase. That offset is basically a promise, says ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A team of researchers has put forth a method that they say makes it possible to compare credits for carbon from forests projects against more ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Land-based carbon offsetting poses serious risks, including inflated climate benefits and harmful livelihood impacts. A recent Land Matrix ...

To have any chance of achieving the goal adopted in the Paris Agreement of stabilizing the global climate at less than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average, humanity would have to become carbon ...

As climate and Earth scientists, we are acutely aware that action on climate change is desperately needed. It is now almost certain that 2024 will not only be the warmest year ever recorded, but also ...