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5 Questions to Ask Before Buying Carbon Offsets
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If you're a business leader looking to offset the emissions from your organization's operations, how exactly do you go about doing that? And in a world where accusations of greenwashing abound, how do you offset your emissions in a transparent and responsible way? Blake Lawrence from Cool Effect joins the show to answer those questions and more.
The team at Cool Effect works to use science, expertise and transparency to give organization's the confidence to purchase carbon offsets that will deliver positive results for the world around us. There are all kinds of carbon offsets -- and some of the offsets Blake describes are probably NOT what you think of when you think of carbon offsets.
Blake also walks through a primer Cool Effect put together that outlines five questions every person should ask before buying carbon offsets.
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Chapitres
1. 5 Questions to Ask Before Buying Carbon Offsets (00:00:00)
2. The origins of Cool Effect (00:02:26)
3. Question 1: Are the offsets verified by one of the leading international carbon credit standards to ensure that they are both 100% additional and permanent? (00:03:35)
4. How offsets manage the threat posed by natural disasters and other threats (00:05:17)
5. Question 2: Does the offset have a stable management team that cultivate buy-in from local communities? (00:07:00)
6. Question 3: Does the offset have co-benefits such as providing clean water or achieving food security? (00:09:13)
7. Unusual kinds of carbon offsets (00:12:48)
8. Question 4: Are the offset's finances and goals able to be maintained for a long duration? (00:13:50)
9. Typical admin costs (00:15:11)
10. Question 5: Are the offset's finances and goals able to be maintained for a long duration? (00:15:54)
11. Common questions from organizations seeking carbon offsets (00:18:20)
12. Market trends driving carbon offsets (00:19:28)
13. Purchasing personal carbon offsets (00:20:49)
14. Blake's bold predictions (00:21:50)
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