A carbon credit generally represents a quantified tonne of CO₂e under a specific methodology. Purchasing or retiring a credit does not remove the need to reduce the buyer's own emissions.
How offsetting works
Assessing credit quality
- Additionality: would the result occur without credit finance?
- Permanence: can stored carbon be reversed?
- Leakage: does the activity shift emissions elsewhere?
- Verification: are methods, monitoring, and retirement records independently reviewed?
CarbonCAM does not sell credits, recommend offset projects, or certify reduction claims.
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