Making an Impact With Carbon Done Correctly — The Good On The Ground Now, more than ever, individuals and organizations are taking action to make a real impact in the fight against rising emissions. And this isn’t just anecdotal evidence that decarbonization is a priority for more people and places than ever — the numbers themselves also show that the voluntary carbon market…

You simply can’t have Carbon Done Correctly without reliability, transparency, and most of all, integrity when it comes to carbon projects and their place in the voluntary carbon market. When voluntary carbon offsets first rose to prominence, many critics emerged pointing out issues ranging from a lack of transparency to…

To say that a lot happened in 2021 would be an understatement. From “once in a lifetime” massive winter storms and widespread blackouts in Texas, to the continued drought, fires, and extreme weather events plaguing seemingly every part of the country. All told, the United States experienced 18 billion-dollar weather…

With the holidays in full swing, it’s no surprise that a busy travel season is sure to follow suit, especially as we all continue to adjust and adapt to life in a post-pandemic world. While there are definitely some new obstacles and worries surrounding travel this year, it’s certainly looking…

The annual Conference of the Parties, or COP, is an annual event that brings governments, business leaders, activists, and other groups together with a singular purpose: reviewing how climate change is being addressed domestically and internationally in order to plan some actionable, systemic, and collective steps to fight it. These…

Brokers, Buyers, and Providers In the first part of our series on the lifecycle of carbon offsets, we explored where carbon credits come from by digging into how reductions in carbon officially become “offsets,” and met some of the different players they encounter before they’re ever officially purchased or exchanged…

If you’re here and reading this, it’s likely that you’re aware of carbon offsets and what they do. But for those of you who don’t, allow us to refresh your memory a bit: a carbon offset (also called a carbon credit) is a measurement of greenhouse gas emissions reduced from…

We have a saying here at Cool Effect: “Do your best, and offset the rest.” We say it because offsets are not some silver bullet, they’re designed to help you reduce emissions you otherwise can’t through conventional climate actions. Our friend Christiana Figueres said it well: “Done with integrity, with…

Just as there are tons of different ways to reduce your personal carbon footprint, there are also tons of different carbon projects out there, reducing the planet’s carbon footprint and benefiting local communities in innumerable ways. …