John Gibbons: Empty carbon offsetting promises mean it’s business as usual for the polluters

📆 17/09/2022 23:00:00
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“If you suspect that paying a few euro to erase the damage caused by taking a long-haul flight seems too good to be true, it almost certainly is.” think_or_swim on the practice of carbon offsetting – and why, in many cases, it amounts only to a PR stunt.

When is a measure that looks like it will protect the environment not actually a measure that will protect the environment? Sometimes, it’s when it involves carbon offsetting.

Put simply, a carbon offset is the promise of the removal or neutralising of a given amount of carbon dioxide . This is particularly appealing for sectors such as aviation, where there are few realistic alternatives to burning fossil fuels.

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