Articles About OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

POSITIVE

Kyoto Protocol To The United Nations Framework
Release Date: 1998
By:  United Nations
“The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC), an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. The treaty is intended to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Kyoto Protocol To The United Nations Framework

Carbon Footprint Protocol
Release Date: July 6, 2007
By: Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management
"Companies are increasingly interested in quantifying, reducing and offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the lifecycle of products that they manufacture or supply. Consumers require transparent
information about the assumptions and boundaries that have been used to estimate the emissions associated with these products."
Carbon Footprint Protocol

NEUTRAL

Voluntary Carbon Offsets
Release Date: July, 2007
By Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
"Carbon offsetting involves calculating a person or entity's greenhouse gas emissions and then purchasing credits from emission reduction projects that have prevented or removed the emission of an equivalent amount of greenhouse gas elsewhere. The voluntary carbon offset market is growing at a rapid rate. However, there is considerable debate over both the merit of carbon offsets themselves, and the different types available. This POSTNOTE reviews the arguments over the availability of offset programs, describes the carbon market and highlights some of the defining characteristics of a carbon offset."
Voluntary Carbon Offsets

KKL-JNF COMBATS DESERTIFICATION AND GLOBAL WARMING: Israeli Research Has Worldwide Implications
By: KKL-JNF
"The planting of Yatir Forest, now the largest forest in Israel, started in 1966...it is an undisputed fact: the forest has significantly affected the quality of its environment."
KKL-JNF Combats Desertification...

San Diego Solar Industry
By: MyEnergySolution.com
San Diego Solar Industry

CRITICAL

The Carbon Neutral Myth - Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins
Release Date: February, 2007
By: Kevin Smith
"The modern-day Pardoners are companies like Climate Care, the Carbon Neutral Company, Offset My Life and many others. These self styled ‘eco-capitalists' are building up what they claim are ‘good climate deeds' through projects which supposedly reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions. These wholesale emissions reductions can then be profitably sold back at retail prices to modern-day sinners who have money, but not necessarily the time or inclination to take responsibility for their emissions, and can afford to buy the surplus ‘good deeds' from the offset companies."
The Carbon Neutral Myth – Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins

Bad Deal for the Planet: Why Carbon Offsets Aren't Working...and How to Create a Fair Global Climate Accord
Release Date: 2008
By: International Rivers
"Efforts to solve the climate crisis are stumbling over poorly designed carbon-offset programs. One of the biggest programs created in Kyoto - the Clean Development Mechanism - has proven to be a huge failure that is actually increasing greenhouse gas emissions behind the guise of promoting sustainable development. It is handing out billions of dollars for destructive dams and fossil fuel projects. A rapidly growing industry of carbon brokers and consultants is lobbying for the CDM to be expanded and its rules weakened further. This report dissects the CDM's major flaws, and lays out a Greenhouse Development Rights framework for creating true climate equity."
Bad Deal for the Planet: Why Carbon Offsets Aren't Working