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12. Carbon Offsets: One Quandary After Another

Pricing Nature

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Forest Carbon Credits - A Difficult Thing

Carbon credits are used to help forests reduce carbon emissions. But it's not always clear the projects delivering reductions they claim. A third party is needed to verify a credit, which can be done almost entirely sight unseen. The international organization for standardization provides oversight and accreditation of groups that issue offsets.

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