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How to invest in carbon offsets?
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The best way to pursue this investment option would be to buy shares of stock directly in companies that sell carbon offsets, which are a privatized form of carbon credits. If a project can quantify and repeatedly produce less greenhouse gases than the current alternative, it will be eligible to earn carbon credits.
What are the benefits of carbon offsetting?
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Following are the benefits of carbon offsetting:Ecosystem management, forest preservation, sustainable agriculture, and renewable energy generation in third-world countries.Count towards internal reduction goals, unavoidable emissions, and scope value-chain emissions.Provides market demand signals to a commodity that has historically been undervalu
What is the need of carbon offsetting?
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Carbon offsets are intended to make it easier and more cost-effective for organizations to pursue the second option. CO2 is the most abundant GHG produced by human activities, and the most important pollutant to address for limiting dangerous climate change.