Are carbon credits doing more harm than good for the climate?

According to the new European directive EmCon, terms like "climate neutral" or "climate positive", which are based on carbon compensation, will soon disappear from supermarkets . "At the moment you almost have the impression that you can consume and buy whatever you want and still be climate neutral," says Miriam Thiemann, sustainable consumption officer at the European Consumer Organisation. "You can find cheeses, flights and bank accounts that claim to be climate neutral," he adds. “Effectively, the company pays another supplier what is known as carbon credits. That means another project somewhere is doing something to reduce or eliminate emissions.” (Cyril Fourneris, more at euronews.com)