The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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The concept of carbon offsets has been around since the mid-1990s. A programme on behalf of a number of Dutch energy companies to reforest areas in Africa as a means of sequestering the greenhouse gas emissions of its backers was one of the first offsetting initiatives of scale. It created an enduring association of carbon offsetting with trees and reforestation.
Companies, including Climate Care and The CarbonNeutral Company, commercialised the concept by offering offset services to …
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