[s9e21] Carbon Offsets Apr 2026

The episode begins by highlighting how major corporations—from airlines to oil giants—heavily promote their "carbon-neutral" status. They do this by purchasing , certificates representing the removal or prevention of one metric ton of CO2cap C cap O sub 2 elsewhere in the world to "cancel out" their own emissions. The Core Problem: Additionality

Oliver centers the story on the concept of —the requirement that an offset project must only happen because of the carbon credit funding. [S9E21] Carbon Offsets

The story concludes that while offsets could theoretically help, they are currently used as a tool for . They allow companies to avoid the more difficult task of actually cutting their own emissions at the source by simply throwing money at questionable projects. [S9E21] Carbon Offsets