Including the closely related terms carbon offsetting, and offsetting.
… to implement sustainable planning policies that will help all new major development to be built to net zero standards that will take effect in the near future. • There are numerous opportunities for implementing carbon-offsetting initiatives by planting trees and creating carbon sinks within the borough. Trees can also help to fight flooding, reduce pollution, nurture wildlife and make our landscapes…
… in this development to see nature at the heart of their community and reduce their carbon dioxide emission contribution. As well as increasing the capacity for carbon offsetting, afforestation will allow for a biodiversity net gain, an approach to development that increases levels of biodiversity to a greater state than before. This approach works in addition to mitigating biodiversity loss…