Including 4 closely related terms such as carbon offsetting, offsets, and offsetting.
… Estate Graduate (from June 2022) 22,917 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 Carbon Offset Officer (3 months + ICT kit) 50,000 50,000 52,500 52,500 55,000 55,000 57,500 57,500 57,500 57,500 Carbon offsetting Devon CC’s emissions on a ramped basis using purchased offsets 44,245 44,612 Maintenance of the land-based carbon offset schemes 3,941…
… verification to confirm that it will absorb or avoid the desired amount of carbon. Verification schemes exist for energy initiatives and for the restoration of some habitat types, but they don’t exist for Culm grassland or salt marsh – both of which would be of interest for Devon. Moreover, there are no companies offering to deliver verified carbon offsets in Devon and therefore the council needs to start…
… stimulating a market for offset products. It is partly for this reason that the council has decided to begin offsetting its residual emissions on a ramped basis immediately, starting with 5% of the residual emissions. The ramp is indicated in Table 6. Table 6 – Carbon Offset Commitment 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29…
… described in Table 7 will begin to enhance the council’s experience of carbon offsetting and understanding of how the funds that will increasingly become available from all sorts of organisations wanting carbon offsetting services can be best spent in Devon to address the ecological emergency and decarbonise the built environment and transport sectors. Table 7 – Activities to offset residual emissions…
… be suitable to restore habitat for carbon storage purposes, having been guided by advice from the Local Nature Partnership. Initial capital allocation of £544k to purchase the necessary land to offset emissions for 2022/23 and 2023/24. Activity from 2021/22 onwards Implement habitat enhancement using the land above to be verified for carbon offsetting purposes in partnership with a third-party provider…