Quiz – Offsetting Under Scrutiny

Question 1 of 6

1. Question

Salinity and albedo

Permanence and additionality

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Liquidity and inflation

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Voltage and frequency

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Salinity and albedo

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Question 2 of 6

2. Question

Higher ticket prices

Cuts beyond what would have happened anyway

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Maximum marketing spend

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Government ownership

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Higher ticket prices

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Question 3 of 6

3. Question

Trees grow instantly

Stored carbon may later be released

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Projects last forever

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Prices never change

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Trees grow instantly

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Question 4 of 6

4. Question

Guaranteed outcomes

Verification challenges and co-benefit failures

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Excessive transparency

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Too many audits

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Guaranteed outcomes

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Question 5 of 6

5. Question

Fund only marketing

Complement, never replace, emission reductions

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Replace all reductions

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Eliminate the need to decarbonize

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Fund only marketing

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Question 6 of 6

6. Question

Match each offset problem to its description.

Sort elements

Stored carbon may be re-released over time
Reductions might have happened anyway
Hard to confirm the claimed reductions
Promised social gains are not delivered

Permanence risk

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Additionality risk

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Verification challenge

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Co-benefit failure

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