The average Canadian emits about 24 tonnes of CO2 per year. Many are working to reduce their carbon footprint, but conservation, commuting and other changes only go so far. That’s where carbon offsets ...

Carbon offset programs require the application of rigorous quantification, verification, and enforcement criteria in order to ensure that the integrity of greenhouse gas (GHG) caps is not compromised.

Developed countries that don’t join a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol shouldn’t be allowed to use United Nation carbon offsets to help cut their greenhouse-gas emissions, the Basic ...

It uncovered systemic problems with offset markets and recommended that the public university system focus on cutting its direct emissions instead. In the fall of 2018, the University of California ...