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The Climate Web 10/5/2026
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E - Mitigation Top Level
E - Mitigation Options
E - Mitigation Policies and Measures
E - Market Mechanisms
E - Carbon Offset Knowledgebase
E - Evaluating Carbon Offsets
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Carbon Offsets TOC
E - Carbon Offset Knowledgebase
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2016 Finding: facilities that emit localized GHGs are located in more disadvantaged communities
2016 Number of GHG facilities in Los Angeles area within 2.5 miles of block group centroids
2016 Recommendation: build better linkages between state databases on GHG emissions, publicly release data on facility allowances
2016 The universe of GHG facilities
2017 Price drop in California - data 2012-2016
2021 California forest offsets program - number of different kinds of credits
2021 How crediting works in California program - upfront credits vs initial carbon and baseline average
2021 Over-crediting percent and value - California forest offsets program
A critical aspect of the California program is that it awards large volumes of credits at the start of a project when carbon stocks exceed regional averages
A link between international funding and reduced deforestation has yet to be proven
Additionality is treated as a pass/fail variable
California’s forest offsets program creates incentives to generate credits that do not reflect real climate benefits
Compensate has evaluated over 100 projects, 91% have failed the evaluation
Compensate scores projects and then deducts for uncertainty
Compensate’s approach to evaluating projects
Compensate’s offset portfolio
E - Offset Additionality
Experts don't want to give up on REDD
Financial additionality and Policy additionality
International programs have performed poorly
Maybe REDD hasn't really had a chance yet
Offsets are generally a small slice of cap and trade reductions
Potential forestry offset revenues in OR
Projects with a score of 50 out of 100 qualify for the portfolio
The bottom line
The fate of FIFA's offset project
There has been no comprehensive analysis of REDD performance
Voluntary offset markets are in big trouble
Why projects fail Compensate’s criteria
Will be benefits of offsets ever be measurable?
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I - EvaluatingCarbonOffsets