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For anyone looking to offset their carbon emissions, I looked into the various options and settled on Cool Earth[0] as the most promising charity for this. Here
by chris_overseas 8y ago
For anyone looking to offset their carbon emissions, I looked into the various options and settled on Cool Earth[0] as the most promising charity for this. Here's some commentary on them from independent research on charities[1]: "We estimate that Cool Earth is able to reduce emissions by 1 tonne of CO2-equivalent for every $1.34 donated, for directly protected forest specifically (although this figure may be as low as $0.65). If indirectly shielded forest is also included, this drops to $0.38 per tonne of CO2-equivalent. This is 25 times less expensive than most carbon offset providers, which typically reduce emissions by 1 tonne for roughly every $10 spent"
Having said that, it's even better to not produce the CO₂ in the first place of course.
[0] https://www.coolearth.org/ https://www.coolearth.org/
[1] https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/report/cool-earth/ https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/report/cool-earth/
- owenversteeg 8y agoHuh, thanks! Are there others you've looked into that were close to Cool Earth or is everyone else in a different league?
- thangalin 8y ago"At this stage the information gathered doesn’t allow me to give a strong opinion on Cool Earth, but I would recommend that we now consider the earlier [Giving What We Can] analysis out of date." https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RnmZ62kuuC8XzeTBq/why-we-have-over-rated-cool-earth https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RnmZ62kuuC8XzeTBq/...