Offsets

Winter Olympics seeks to make travel to and from Games 'carbon neutral' through investment in a portfolio of emission reduction projects

Body intends to offset 2.4 million tonnes of carbon emissions from tournament and preceding Confederations Cup

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson argues businesses and habitats stand to benefit from the government's new biodiversity offsetting plan

Campaigners angered by plans that would require firms to create new green spaces to "offset" impact of developments

New functionality aims to improve search results, as German start-up announces plan to donate $1m to tree-planting programmes

Peer-reviewed methodology calculates projects supported in India and Kenya have reduced emissions by 126,500 tonnes

New research finds using existing, high-integrity carbon credits would meet emission goals at around $4 per tonne

Ofgem unveils bidders for West of Duddon Sands transmission links as SgurrEnergy bags deal to advise on Chinese offshore wind farm

CarbonStory aims to provide businesses and individuals with new information on how their carbon offsets are working to cut emissions

Newly launched Women's Carbon Standard promises to combine environmental benefits with improvements to women's lives