Carbon offsets don't work because if every company chose that method, there wouldn't be enough credits to go around and hit 2030 goals. Even if there were enough credits, researchers suggest that offset markets are not sufficient to decarbonize the global economy anyway.

What's wrong with carbon offsets?

The biggest problem, according to Compensate, is so-called “additionality,” meaning that an offset draws down more carbon than would have happened without its sale. Those claims are often exaggerated.

Do carbon offsets do anything?

But many researchers insist that offsets don't actually reduce carbon emissions and could make it harder to achieve a fully decarbonized economy. ...