Stockholm Environment Institute, Carbon Offset Guide ([Internet, 2023-12-13](https://www.offsetguide.org/understanding-carbon-offsets/what-is-a-carbon-offset/#:~:text=A%20carbon%20offset%20broadly%20refers,for%20emissions%20that%20occur%20elsewhere.))
A carbon offset is a reduction in GHG emissions or increase in carbon storage that compensates for emissions that occur elsewhere.
USG: preferred; EXP: a carbon offset credit is a transferrable instrument certified by governments or independent certification bodies to represent an emission reduction of one metric tonne of CO2 or equivalent amount of other GHGs
after Carbon Offset Guide ([Internet, 2023-12-13](https://www.offsetguide.org/understanding-carbon-offsets/what-is-a-carbon-offset/#:~:text=A%20carbon%20offset%20broadly%20refers,for%20emissions%20that%20occur%20elsewhere.))