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Monitoring carbon offset reforestation projects
However, offsetting is becoming considered an increasingly unsustainable practice because it bypasses the crucial activity of carbon emission reduction and can lead to global imbalances and inequalities resulting from the impact of offsetting projects (which will be covered in more detail later in this section). There are even those who argue that
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In theory, carbon offsets are an eloquent and effective solution. If a plane emits a pound of carbon dioxide and a preserved acre of forest sucks up a pound of carbon dioxide, from an environmental standpoint it’s a wash. In practice, though, offsets have had an inconsistent record. For offsets to work, they must satisfy three requirements: additio
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Reforestation, when combined with underground injection, yields a technique that’s become known as BECCS (pronounced “becks”), short for “bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.” The models employed by the IPCC are extremely partial to BECCS, which offers negative emissions and electrical power at the same time—a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too ar
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