Research, Certification and Accreditation
Research
The PopOffsets project is founded on work and research undertaken by Population Matters, the UK-based charity recognized as one of the world’s leading think tanks on population issues.
Population Matters briefings can be found at www.populationmatters.org/opt.submissions
Research papers can be found at www.populationmatters.org
Two key papers which, in part, initiated the development of the PopOffsets project are:
- Fewer Emitters, Lower Emissions report [download pdf] published on August 9th 2009
- Youthquake [download pdf] published in 2007.
Certification
Every person or organization that chooses to offset carbon emissions will automatically receive a Certificate confirming the contribution made and the amount of carbon that has been offset through the PopOffsets project. You may choose, however, not to receive a Certificate.
Accreditation
While many organizations voluntarily choose to offset their carbon emissions, an increasing number are required to do so by law and may use these carbon "offsets" as a means of achieving legal compliance. In order to do so the carbon offsets must be 'accredited' (for example, the UK government does not accredit tree planting as trees give off their stored carbon when they ultimately die).
We want to see family planning accredited as a viable carbon offset for those legally-obligated companies. Pure logic states that an absent human cannot create CO2, however technological fixes can be more readily measured and quantified (eg a wind farm can generate energy with no CO2 output, though it does have 'embedded' energy, with greenhouse gas emissions in its manufacture). So one of our tasks is to persuade politicians to accept family planning as an accredited carbon offset.
By supporting PopOffsets you can add your voice to our campaign for accreditation.
Support
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