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Carbon offsetting: climate fix or fail?
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Carbon offsetting: climate fix or fail?

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Apr 03, 2023
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We live in a world where price dictates value. In a time where the loss of “carbon stores” (aka the precious ecosystems on land and below water) is rapidly accelerating, carbon offsetting is seen as a way to put a price on nature, in order to protect it.

Yet, it is this capitalist logic that has led to the rapid destruction and pollution of our natural …

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