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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
Funding projects intended to save or remove emissions elsewhere to compensate for emissions produced by an activity.
Used by Edexcel
Specification 1.14.2 · Paper 1
Revise: Product Design IssuesCarbon offsetting involves funding projects intended to save or remove emissions elsewhere to compensate for those generated by an activity. The intention is to balance the emissions produced with an equivalent saving or removal.
Distinguish carbon offsetting from reducing emissions: offsetting funds savings or removals elsewhere; it does not stop the product’s original emissions.
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