Carbon credits are useful for stabilizing the climate, but are they used effectively?

By Patrick Faubert, Professor - Industrial ecology and climate change mitigation, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Charles Marty, Adjunct professor, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Claude Villeneuve, Professeur titulaire Chaire en éco-conseil spécialiste des changements climatiques, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Sylvie Bouchard, Agent de recherche/coordonnatrice, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)

Offsetting greenhouse gas emissions can be an effective tool for limiting global warming. But many offset projects fail to meet their GHG reduction targets.

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