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Understanding Carbon Offsets
Understanding Carbon Offsets
What is a Carbon Offset?
Global Warming Potential
Carbon Offset Projects
Offset Project Entities
Offset Project Implementation
Carbon Offset Programs
Mandatory & Voluntary Offset Markets
Program Administration and Authority
Protocols & Standards
Registries & Enforcement
Compliance Offset Programs
Voluntary Offset Programs
American Carbon Registry
Climate Action Reserve
Verified Carbon Standard
Gold Standard
Plan Vivo System
Add-on Standards
Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards
SocialCarbon Standard
United Nations Offset Mechanisms
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Joint Implementation
Comparisons of Offset Programs
General Features of Offset Programs
Offset Project Eligibility
Program Administration and Authority
How to Acquire Carbon Offset Credits
The Role of Offsets in Carbon Management Strategies
Achieving Carbon Neutrality
Carbon Offsets after 2020: the World Under Paris
RECs, PPAs, Allowances and EECs
Allowances
Renewable Energy
Renewable energy certificates (RECs)
Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
Renewable Energy Direct Investment
Energy Efficiency Certificates
Alternatives to Purchasing
Distilled Emission Reductions Considerations
Using Carbon Offsets
Air Travel & Climate
Climate Impacts from Aviation
CO2 Emissions
Indirect Impacts from Nitrogen Oxide Emissions
Particulate Emissions from Aviation: Sulfates & Soot Aerosols
Contrails and Cirrus Clouds from Aviation
Total Climate Impacts from Aviation
Passenger Climate Footprints
Don’t airlines already offset their GHG emissions?
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Understanding Carbon Offsets
Comparisons of Offset Programs
General Features of Offset Programs
General Features of Offset Programs
