Environmentalists from claim that offsetting carbon emissions is not very a useful strategy if one considers the bigger picture of tackling climate change.
Although the charity did accept the role of offsetting in the shift towards a low-carbon economy, it was still in emissions reductions. An FOE representative further added that offsetting may even encourage people to carry on with their emission-generating activities, as they may deem it sufficient to offset emissions rather than cut them.
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