The aviation industry has long been a cornerstone of global connectivity and economic growth. However, it also faces growing scrutiny over its environmental impact, particularly carbon emissions.

Many companies across the world use carbon credits as part of their climate strategies to offset emissions. A carbon credit ...

When you’re booking a flight online, you’ll often be presented with the option to offset the carbon footprint of your journey. You’ll be asked if you want to add a small surcharge - sometimes even ...

A new Fastmarkets Carbon analysis warns that airlines delaying carbon credit purchases face major financial strain, with ...

When Bill Gates, a self-proclaimed environmentalist, was confronted over his private jet carbon emissions, he deflected the issue, arguing that he offsets his emissions. He is not alone. From other ...

Carbon offsets claim to allow companies to “cancel out” their emissions. But they just pay companies to pollute, with little benefit to show for it. Carbon offsets claim to allow companies to “cancel ...

In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I explain the issues of carbon offsets. Specifically, I look at how carbon offsets work to offset fossil fuel emissions, and whether they are ...

Many carbon offset projects fail to meet sustainability criteria, despite certification from reputable standards. Companies overstate their decarbonization achievements through ineffective offset ...

In recent years, carbon credits have become a possible solution for the climate-conscious looking to offset their greenhouse ...

Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits has now found such ...

India urges ICAO to develop new carbon offsetting guidelines for airline mergers due to lack of clarity in existing norms.

Carbon offsets have become big business as more companies make promises to protect the climate but can’t meet the goals on their own. When a company buys carbon offsets, it pays a project elsewhere to ...