Should carbon offsets only include removing CO2 from the atmosphere?

April 17, 2020, by Derik Broekhoff

One idea gaining currency lately is that, if organizations offset their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at all, they should do so only with activities that remove CO2 from the atmosphere …

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With no carbon market rules emerging from COP25, will aviation and voluntary offsets take the lead?

January 14, 2020, by Derik Broekhoff

Coming out of the UN climate negotiations in Madrid, we are faced with a rather stark reality: nations are at an impasse when it comes to the rules for international …

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Carbon offsets are all the rage again. But can they be used to raise global climate ambitions?

November 26, 2019, by Derik Broekhoff

The global landscape for voluntary carbon offsetting is about to get much more complicated. SEI’s Derik Broekhoff explains the importance of COP 25 to offsets — and how Paris Agreement …

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