Surprise! “The market” (carbon offset) is crap for reducing externalities that contribute to #ClimateChange .

More than 1 billion$ (1,000,000,000 = number seconds in 31.7 years) wasted.

From #TheGuardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/19/do-carbon-credit-reduce-emissions-greenhouse-gases

Revealed: top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions

Majority of offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are ‘likely junk’, according to analysis by Corporate Accountability and the Guardian

The Guardian