Carbon offsetting is the practice of buying carbon credits to compensate for carbon emissions generated elsewhere.

碳抵消是购买碳信用以补偿其他地方产生的碳排放的做法。

The scientists say that majority of what is known as carbon offsetting project don't produce real cuts in emissions, instead the study concludes that the system can result in perverse incentives to increase production of industrial waste gases.

科学家称被人们所熟知的碳补偿计划并没有真正减少碳排放量，反之，该系统将造成反作用力，增加工业废气的排放。