Can carbon offsets really save us from climate change?

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 effective in mitigating climate change. I also work through the moral implications of a carbon offset economy.

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Resources:
1. A complete guide to carbon offsetting (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/environme…
2. Carbon Colonialism: The Failure of Green Resources (Oakland Institute): https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/site…
3. Carbon Offsets Really Do Help Lower Emissions (Scientific American): https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar…
4. Should You Buy Carbon Offsets? (NRDC): https://www.nrdc.org/stories/should-y…
5. The inconvenient truth about the carbon offset industry (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/environme…
6. Going Green on the Cheap (for Now) With Carbon Offsets (InsideClimate News): https://insideclimatenews.org/content…
7. So you want to carbon offset that vacation. Here’s what you need to know. (Grist): https://grist.org/article/so-you-want…

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