Sandeep Roy Choudhury

We don't live in a perfect world.

I wish we did.

Especially when it comes to fighting climate change.

Sure, we have 30 percent of the world on clean energy, but we still depend a lot on fossil fuels for the near future.

Take the Science-Based Targets Initiative.

It's a leading decarbonization initiative for businesses.

Businesses have taken a target on an average of 6.4 percent emission reductions per year, year on year, till they go net zero.

That's great news.

But what happens to the other 93.6 percent?

My fight is on that 93.6 percent.

What happens between now and then?

Who takes care of these emissions?

Who's taking responsibility for these emissions that we are leaving out there in the atmosphere?

Here's where carbon credits come in.

One carbon credit equals one ton of carbon

that is either removed, reduced or avoided.

These don't come from thin air.

They are third-party audited, certified, using international standards.

These credits can then be bought by companies to offset their emissions.

not the 6.4 percent they are to reduce.