What is a carbon offset? How do carbon offset schemes affect Scottish communities? How can carbon offsets be best designed and implemented in ways that support a net-zero, just energy transition?
These were some of the questions the climate café tried to address. In this realm, Dr. Nikolaos Vlassis gave a talk on the unintended consequences of carbon offsetting, while Professor Frans de Vries gave a general talk on the economics of carbon offsetting, emphasising the need for careful market design.
Here is the link to the whole Café on YouTube: “Offsetting: The Good and the Bad”