Is carbon offsetting the solution? (Or part of the problem?)


We burn fossil fuel in the developed world - and plant much-needed trees in Africa to 'off set' our emissions. It sounds like a win-win situation. But is it? Mark HonigsbaumSunday June 10, 2007The Observer
Flying over Kenya's Rift Valley at 19,000ft it's hard not to feel a pang of guilt. I am en route to Kibale, a fertile, mountainous region in western Uganda, but here, below the wings of the 737, the land is slowly dying. Starved of moisture, the Rift Valley's fertile savannah - like much of Africa these days - seems to be burning up, a victim of global warming and changing weather patterns.