How do carbon offsets tie into the Kyoto Protocol?
While the CARBNFOOT program is for voluntary contributions, there exists a huge market for commercial offset programs. The Kyoto Protocol has sanctioned offsets as a way for governments and private companies to earn carbon credits, which can be traded on a marketplace. The Protocol has established a mechanism whereby each project is validated to ensure they produce authentic benefits and are genuinely “additional” activities that would not otherwise have been taken.
