Pro@mander.xyz to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day agoFood banks have long prevented emissions. Now they're getting into the carbon credit business.grist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkFood banks have long prevented emissions. Now they're getting into the carbon credit business.grist.orgPro@mander.xyz to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
To stay afloat, food banks in the Global South are considering selling controversial offsets for revenue.
minus-squarereallykindasorta@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 day agoIt’s not an offset if there’s no new carbon mitigation happening; you shouldn’t be able to claim already existing behavior as an offset
It’s not an offset if there’s no new carbon mitigation happening; you shouldn’t be able to claim already existing behavior as an offset