Oliver centers the story on the concept of —the requirement that an offset project must only happen because of the carbon credit funding.
: Credits are often sold for protecting forests that weren't actually in danger of being cut down. Oliver mocks this as "paying someone not to do something they weren't going to do anyway." [S9E21] Carbon Offsets
: Many projects, particularly large-scale renewable energy farms or forests that were never under threat, would have existed anyway. Oliver centers the story on the concept of
: Oliver points to instances where "protected" forests used for offsets burned down in wildfires, releasing the stored carbon back into the atmosphere and rendering the previous "offset" moot. The "Greenwashing" Trap : Oliver points to instances where "protected" forests
Oliver's final take is a warning: the current system is essentially a "get out of jail free card" that prioritizes corporate PR over actual climate action. org/">Verra have responded to these criticisms?
Mapped: The impacts of carbon-offset projects around the world