Carbon offsets in the U.S. have to meet four conditions.

美国的碳补偿必须满足四个条件。

Carbon offsets and carbon credits have become an incredibly controversial mechanism in the fight against climate change.

碳补偿和碳信用已经成为对抗气候变化的一种极具争议的机制。

Gabon can sell the carbon offsets of its elephants.

加蓬可以出售大象的碳补偿价值。

Who would buy these carbon offsets?

谁会购买这些碳补偿价值呢？

They would buy the carbon offsets, or carbon credits if you like.

它们会购买这些碳补偿价值，或者说碳信用。

One way companies say they reduce their emissions is by purchasing carbon offsets.

企业表示，他们减少排放的一种方式是购买碳补偿。

So, ideas like carbon offsets really don't make sense in the modern era.

所以，像碳抵消这种想法，在当今时代并没有什么意义。

Connect with communities and spend your money in ways that support locals. Consider purchasing carbon offsets.

联系当地社群，用支持当地人的方式消费。考虑购买碳补偿。

A carbon offset is an amount of money. People give this money to a special group.

碳抵消是一笔钱。人们把这笔钱给一个特别的组织。

A carbon offset credit is an officially approved way to show a greenhouse gas emission reduction.

碳中和是官方批准的一种温室气体减排的方式。

Critics say carbon offset goals are weak, and that companies aren't transparent with consumers about how they'll achieve them.

批评人士说，碳抵消目标很弱，而且企业在如何实现这些目标方面对消费者不透明。

He urged activists to think about whether their actions would bring real change " like sustainable aviation fuel, like carbon offsets."

他敦促活动人士思考他们的行动是否会带来真正的改变，“比如可持续航空燃料，比如碳抵消。”

Imagine — because those elephants are grabbing carbon in the trees — they can sell the carbon offsets of their elephants.

想象一下，由于这些大象会从树中吸收碳，加蓬就可以出售这个过程的价值。

While companies can claim they're putting money towards carbon offsets, the offset's environmental impact isn't always clear to consumers.

虽然公司可以声称他们正在为碳补偿投入资金，但消费者并不总是清楚碳补偿对环境的影响。

Carbon offsetting is the practice of buying carbon credits to compensate for carbon emissions generated elsewhere.

碳抵消是购买碳信用以补偿其他地方产生的碳排放的做法。

A carbon offset is an action or activity that balances the emission of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

碳补偿是将一种平衡二氧化碳或其他温室气体排放到大气中的行动或活动。

ARONCZYK: And that is the carbon offset chain.

ARONCZYK：那就是碳抵消链。

There's a woman who spends her nights thinking about the thorny questions around carbon offset.

西蒙：有一位女士整晚都在思考有关碳抵消的棘手问题。

Verra has given its stamp of approval to nearly 70% of all carbon offsets used by companies.

Verra 已经批准了近 70% 的公司使用的所有碳补偿。

Take, as an example, California's state-run carbon offsets programme, which was supposed to guarantee carbon storage for 100 years.

以加利福尼亚州政府运营的碳补偿计划为例，该计划原本可以保证 100 年的碳储存。