We have officially advised our university to ditch carbon offsets – and focus on cutting emissions

By James Dyke, Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
Jamie Shutler, Professor of Earth Observation and Climate, University of Exeter
Peter Cox, Director, Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter

As climate and Earth scientists, we are acutely aware that action on climate change is desperately needed. It is now almost certain that 2024 will not only be the warmest year ever recorded, but also the first year that will be 1.5°C warmer than pre-industrial levels.

The Paris climate agreement pledged to “pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C”,…

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