O=C=O<p>Buying carbon credits to fight climate change? Here’s what to know</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CarbonCredits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonCredits</span></a> sold on the voluntary market are under scrutiny for not offsetting <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Greenhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenhouse</span></a>#Gas emissions as claimed.</p><p>One investigation concluded that over 90 percent of carbon credits issued for <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainforest</span></a> protection by the largest carbon credit certification body “had no benefit to the climate.” Two reports published in 2023 found that credits for forest-based projects in North America, South America, Africa and Asia may in fact <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/increase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>increase</span></a> net <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/carbon-credits-climate-change-emissions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/carbon</span><span class="invisible">-credits-climate-change-emissions</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>