… measures and those who have schemes and projects that provide an offsetting opportunity. This could also help develop new low-carbon income streams for carbon positive rural businesses that can offer surplus carbon credits generated from carbon sequestration* (e.g. following tree planting or land use activities) whilst also assisting local firms with unavoidable emissions to achieve net zero…
…. Offsets trading should be considered as an interim measure, as by 2050 it is anticipated that the necessity for carbon trading falls to a low level due to technological advances allowing significant reductions in ‘unavoidable’ emissions. *Carbon sequestration - is the long-term removal, capture or sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to slow or reverse atmospheric CO2 pollution…