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'Carbon offset projects' is a useful but sometimes misleading shorthand because it contains a sense that the projects have no value in themselves - and that's not the case. Individuals and businesses can pay to 'offset' or compensate for their emissions on a tonne by tonne basis. For every one tonne, money is paid to projects to reduce one tonne CO2 and it is that money which helps make the project viable in the first place. It's through 'carbon finance' that new, low carbon technologies can really get established in countries that need them.
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watch a short film clip about a solar power project in India. From two times Ashden Award winner - SELCO
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Project Types
We work primarily with the following types of projects which are selected according to our published standards and criteria:
| Renewables |
including solar, hydro and wind as well as biomass and re-use of products like biogas. |
| Resource Conservation |
including energy efficiency, methane recovery and low carbon fuel switches. |
| Waste reduction |
incuding methane flaring to reduce the potency of the gas. |
| Forestry |
well-managed, long-term forestry which make a real contribution to local communities and biodiversity. |
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Click here for a film from two-times Asden Award winner SELCO - a great example of how sustainable development and carbon reduction can work.
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