How to better understand the carbon inventory?
To understand the definition of carbon inventory, it is necessary to understand what the term "carbon" means. Adaptation to climate change is necessary to respond to the emergency, but mitigation is essential to limit the costs of adaptation.
Carbon neutrality:
A key part of the international political agenda since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, carbon neutrality is now a universal goal, in an attempt to keep global warming “well below 2°C” compared to pre-industrial levels.
Carbon offsetting :
Offsetting one's carbon footprint involves purchasing carbon credits from an emissions-reduction project carried out in a given region, against one's own carbon footprint.
However, some companies are hostile to this approach, preferring to use the sole technique of reforestation and tree planting.
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Corporate energy transition is a major challenge that companies must share in thegoal of carbon neutrality by 2050, as set out in the Paris Agreement, and is primarily a process of decarbonizing corporate activities.
Pour que cette démarche soit optimale, il est important pour les entreprises de dresser un Bilan Carbone de leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre (BEGES). Cette comptabilisation détaillée permettra à toute entreprise de réaliser un état des lieux de ses émissions. Ce préalable est indispensable pour la construction d’ une stratégie de réduction : plan carbone pour une baisse quantitative des consommations (réduction des gaspillages) et choix de solutions moins carbonées, notamment au niveau des énergies.
A little history...
Historically, offsetting was born out of the 1995 Kyoto Protocol. It was first and foremost a way for countries that had made emission reduction commitments to be able to achieve them elsewhere, outside their own territory.
All countries in the world have made reduction commitments and therefore this differentiation no longer exists. Offsetting should therefore be pursued in the so-called developed countries.
Despite more than 10 years of existence in France, carbon offsetting still lacks neutral, consistent information for all audiences. That's why Global Climate Initiatives, like a number of other players already involved, is offering educational information on the carbon offset mechanism.
Every citizen, company, local authority or event organizer can voluntarily offset theirCO2 emissions by purchasing carbon credits from a carbon reduction and offsetting operator, a project that avoidsCO2 emissions.
Et ce à hauteur équivalente à l’ensemble ou à une partie des émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) produites (soit de l’empreinte carbone), calculées suivant un référentiel et avec des outils agréés.
Carbon offsetting is a tool to further the environmental and energy transition. It incentivises financial support for the deployment of less emitting solutions.
Its carbon impact is minimal in terms of the climate as a whole, but through its transformational nature, an offset project plays its part in preserving our climate.
Forests play an essential role as carbon sinks, through the sequestration of CO2 by trees. The planting and sustainable management of forests are therefore key actions in the fight against climate change.
Pour garantir la qualité et la transparence de ces actions, des labels sont attribués aux projets de compensation carbone des entreprises, assurant ainsi leur crédibilité et leur efficacité.
The price of the carbon credit reflects the value of this contribution as we move towards ambitious climate targets.