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This report is a survey of research and analysis performed into the subject of small-scale impact on global warming, and into what can be done about it by an individual or small organisation. It processes information from diverse sources: collecting it into one place, and explaining thoroughly and in layperson’s terms the various dilemmas and solutions surrounding the subject of global warming.

Central to this report is the concept of a carbon offset. This report’s major aim is to investigate the effectiveness of various approaches to cutting carbon dioxide emissions, and to suggest a course of action for the individual or small organisation wishing to become carbon neutral or ‘carbon negative’. Approaches are evaluated both in terms of their actual effectiveness as a carbon offset and in terms of cost, to give the offsetter the freedom to make an informed judgement about how to cut their carbon.

In specific terms, this report investigates both conventional and less conventional approaches to this problem. The costs and benefits of purchasing carbon credits as an offset are explored. Building improvements such as micro-generation and insulation are considered and costed. Additionally, it is recognised that some approaches such as micro-sequestration may occur to the layperson, but they choose not to take this forward, because they have no specific information. This report explores such common-sense solutions, giving them equal weight to more conventional options, and so it allows the layperson to explore the appeal of their own ideas in practice.