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A meeting of representatives of non-communist countries in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA in 1944.
''Environmental policy and concerns.''
 
Carbon offset generally means buying carbon credits equivalent to the carbon impact before offset.
 
This means compensating for every tonne of carbon dioxide emitted by ensuring there is one tonne less in the atmosphere in another place.
 
 
Carbon offset can also refer to other more direct activities, such as planting trees, as well as paying for carbon credits.
 
 
Also known as ''carbon offsetting''.


Representatives agreed on the characteristics of the international monetary system, effectively the fixed exchange rate system, which prevailed until 1971.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[International Monetary Fund]]
* [[Carbon]]
* [[Smithsonian Agreement]]
* [[Carbon tax]]
* [[Bretton Woods]]
* [[Carbon credits]]
* [[Carbon footprint]]
* [[Carbon-neutral]]
* [[Carbon sink]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility]]
* [[Emissions]]
* [[Environmental concerns]]
* [[Greenhouse gas]]
* [[Net zero]]
* [[Renewables]]
* [[Residual carbon]]
* [[Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting]]
 
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[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]

Latest revision as of 22:22, 18 July 2021

Environmental policy and concerns.

Carbon offset generally means buying carbon credits equivalent to the carbon impact before offset.

This means compensating for every tonne of carbon dioxide emitted by ensuring there is one tonne less in the atmosphere in another place.


Carbon offset can also refer to other more direct activities, such as planting trees, as well as paying for carbon credits.


Also known as carbon offsetting.


See also