Offsets

Executive board of UN-backed initiative looking into a raft of reforms intended to streamline and extend offsetting scheme

New report claims market for voluntary offsets is maturing fast with more than 95 per cent now following third-party standards

Investors argue governments must do more to deliver strong carbon price signal

New $10.5bn budget earmarks cash for central carbon credit registry

Forestry offsets may have been much maligned in the past, but acording to EcoSecurities Lisa Ashford, they could have an increasingly important role to play in emission reduction

Online shopping application allows customers to make small contribution to emission reduction projects

Whitehall set to tighten the criteria it uses to buy carbon offset credits

Report predicts faltering market will bounce back stronger than ever over next four years

£80m Telehouse West project will offset carbon by providing heat to local homes and businesses

Trials of 10,000 units in ten countries will be used to develop an application for carbon credits