We're burning too much fossil fuel to fix by planting trees – making 'net zero' emissions impossible with offsets
- Written by Mike Joy, Morgan Foundation Senior Research Fellow in Freshwater Ecology and Environmental Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The idea that we can mitigate current carbon emissions by “offsetting” them with carbon reduction initiatives elsewhere has become central to government and business responses to climate change. But it’s an idea we need to seriously question.
Essentially, the offsetting strategy assumes the release of carbon stored by ancient...
