Lecture, Barnard's Inn Hall, Tuesday, 4 Mar 2025 - 18:00

Carbon Offsetting: Does It Really Work?

miniature trees sit on top of a pile of coins next to a jar full of coins

Offsets, politely called carbon credit markets, are essential to many net-zero strategies, yet remain highly controversial. They seem an efficient solution for “unavoidable” emissions – but who decides what is unavoidable?

In a net zero world, can you compensate for your own emissions by paying someone else to reduce theirs?

This lecture explores potential offsetting strategies we could take. It asks, even if we need one that is effective, would setting up an ineffective strategy be the best place to start?

Professor Myles Allen

Professor Myles Allen

Frank Jackson Foundation Professor of the Environment

Professor Myles Allen took his first degree in Physics and Philosophy, followed by a doctorate in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, both at the University...

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