Glossary · Avoided Emissions
Avoided Emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions that are prevented from occurring as a result of financing green assets such as electric vehicles, renewable energy projects, or energy-efficient buildings. Avoided emissions are measured separately from financed emissions and must never be netted against them.
In practice
A solar cold room or an electric motorcycle keeps a diesel generator from running or a petrol engine from being bought. The saving belongs in its own ledger: it is reported next to financed emissions, never subtracted from them, because netting the two hides both numbers.
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