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- Title
The ethics of carbon offsetting.
- Authors
Hyams, Keith; Fawcett, Tina
- Abstract
Carbon offsetting can be loosely characterized as a mechanism by which an organization or individual contributes to a scheme that is projected either to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or to deliver carbon dioxide emission reductions on the part of other organizations or individuals. An activity that has been offset therefore purports to make no long-term net contribution to atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. The ethical basis for using carbon offsetting as an approach to tackling climate change is very much contested. We seek to expose some of the underlying reasons for these ethical disagreements. We show that they relate both to empirical disagreements about what the likely benefits of offsetting are and, more fundamentally, to principled disagreements about the right way to discharge duties to deliver carbon reductions. WIREs Clim Change 2013, 4:91-98. doi: 10.1002/wcc.207 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
- Subjects
CARBON offsetting; CARBON dioxide mitigation; GREENHOUSE gas mitigation; GREENHOUSE effect; CLIMATE change; EMPIRICAL research
- Publication
WIREs: Climate Change, 2013, Vol 4, Issue 2, p91
- ISSN
1757-7780
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/wcc.207