Carbon offsets aren’t helping the planet — four ways to fix them

Philip W. Boyd; Lennart T. Bach; Richard Holden; Christian Turney

doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02649-8

Carbon offsets aren’t helping the planet — four ways to fix them

Philip W. Boyd, Lennart T. Bach, Richard Holden, Christian Turney

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Abstract

Pricing credits according to how much carbon is removed, for how long and how reliably, would direct funding to the most effective climate solutions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	947-949
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	620
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02649-8
Publication status	Published - 29 Aug 2023

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Climate change
Economics
Policy

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Carbon offsets aren’t helping the planet — four ways to fix them

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