Posts Tagged ‘carbon offsets’

Advantages of Carbon Credits

Posted on September 15th, 2009 by by Richard

Previously we outlined what Carbon Credits and Carbon Offsets were in the post ‘What are Carbon Offsets‘. In this post we are going to examine the advantages of carbon credits in more detail, looking at the major benefits that the purchasing of carbon credits brings to fighting climate change. Although there has been much criticism [...]

Nuclear Power Plants could be built in Developing Countries through Carbon Credits.

Posted on July 15th, 2009 by by Richard

It has emerged recently that world nations are considering building nuclear power stations in developing nations as part of carbon credit or carbon offsetting schemes. This would mean that when carbon credits are bought by companies and individuals, it would be legitimate under international climate change agreements that the money from the carbon credits bought [...]

Offset Carbon Emissions with Carbon Offsets - But What Are Carbon Offsets?

Posted on July 12th, 2009 by by Richard

There is much talk in the media on the subject of carbon offsets bought by companies and individuals to reduce their carbon emissions, but what are carbon offsets?
Carbon Offsets or a Carbon Offset is a financial instrument aimed to offset carbon emissions through the purchasing of carbon credit’s from a company or organisation who invest in projects [...]