Carbon removal and avoidance: a buyer’s guide

This concise guide from Watershed (a carbon credit marketplace) can help you to identify credits that have meaningful impact. It begins by explaining the nuanced yet important difference between carbon avoidance and carbon removal. It then outlines the key features of high-quality avoidance projects, and describes two main categories of carbon removal: “nature-based solutions” and “permanent carbon removal solutions." This guide may be useful as a quick introduction to offsetting for sustainability and finance departments that are looking to purchase offsets of the first time.