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Evaluating and Improving Carbon Offsetting Programs
This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) evaluates the role of carbon offsetting programs in climate policy. It discusses the potential for offsets to reduce mitigation costs and provide sustainability benefits, while warning of risks such as non-additionality, leakage, and permanence. The document highlights significant variability in how different protocols quantify offsets and argues for the standardization of these protocols to ensure market integrity.
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