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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Greenfield and Fiona Harvey

EXPLAINED: Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon offsetting plan | Vintage Vibes

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Luiz Fernando do Amaral, CEO of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which certifies whether a company is on track to help limit global heating to under 1.5C. Photograph: Valeriano Di Domenico/World Economic Forum

Staff at one of the world’s leading climate-certification organisations have called for the CEO and board members to resign after they announced plans to allow companies to meet their climate targets with carbon offsets.

They fear that companies will use the offsets for greenwashing, while avoiding making the necessary cuts in greenhouse gas emissions – without which the world faces climate catastrophe.

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