Human activities generate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a daily basis, which contribute to climate change. While we can all reduce our carbon footprint by using sustainable transport, making conscious food choices, sorting and recycling waste, some GHG emissions cannot be avoided. Voluntary carbon offsetting helps offset some or all of these emissions by supporting projects that seek to reduce, eliminate or trap carbon through reforestation, substitution of fossil fuels with renewable energies, access to energy for developing countries, etc.
Each tonne of GHG emissions that these projects reduce, eliminate or trap is measured in CO2 equivalent (CO2-eq) and for each metric tonne the project earns one Certified Emissions Reduction (CER).
* Offsetting relates to upstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (extraction, processing, transportation and distribution) and emissions generated during fuel combustion, as defined by ADEME.
