What is wrong with carbon offsetting?
Offsetting is the theory that some people can pollute more if other people agree to pollute less. However it does not guarantee emissions cuts because many ‘offset’ projects in developing countries would have happened anyway. Offsetting also allows people in rich countries to carry on polluting while requiring unfair reductions in developing countries, who did not create the problem. The world needs developed countries to cut their own emissions first and fast and pay up for adaptation and mitigation in developing countries.
