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Strategies for Avoiding Lower-Quality Offset Credits
  • Avoiding Low-Quality Offsets
    • Vetting Offset Projects
      • Renewable Energy
      • Energy Efficiency
      • Industrial Gases
      • Methane Capture
      • Forestry & Agriculture
      • Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)
    • Sticking to Lower-Risk Project Types
      • Lower-Risk Project Types
      • Medium-Risk Project Types
      • Higher-Risk Project Types
    • “Discounting” Offset Purchases
    • Weaker Methods: Relying on Price or Vintage
    • Conducting offset quality due diligence
      • Additionality
      • Quantification
      • Permanence
      • Ownership of emission reductions
      • Co-benefits / harms
      • Due Diligence Sample Case
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  • Strategies for Avoiding Lower-Quality Offset Credits
  • Sticking to Lower-Risk Project Types
  • Higher-Risk Project Types

Higher-Risk Project Types

Click here to download Annex I of the Carbon Offset Guide: Offset Project Types and Relative Quality Risks

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