How do carbon credits work? | Human Rights Watch

How do carbon credits work?

The earth's temperature is rising quickly because of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that we send into the atmosphere. The main culprits are burning fossil fuels and deforestation. This is leading to critical changes in our environment like increasingly devastating heat waves and hurricanes. That is what we know as climate change.

The Earth's temperature is rising rapidly due to the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) that we put into the atmosphere. The main culprits are fossil fuel burning and deforestation.

This leads to critical changes in our environment such as increasingly devastating heat waves and hurricanes. We know this as climate change.

In the climate negotiations, CO2 certificates were proposed to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. So what are they?

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