Carbon offsetting is often met with scepticism, but a new report suggests that if correctly designed it can be an important part of the net zero transition.
Yes, trees and soils can absorb and store carbon, but the carbon doesn’t stay stored forever. That’s one of the problems with how net-zero plans for the climate are being designed.
“The main frontier for deep decarbonization right now is social and political—it is a question of power,” says the author of a new study that finds there isn’t enough public momentum to force companies and governments to transition fast enough.
