UN Climate Change Initiative Lets Users 'Offset' CO2 Emissions By Investing In Clean Energy

The United Nations is making it easier for companies and people to "offset" their carbon dioxide emissions by investing in clean energy projects in developing countries. The initiative aims to minimize carbon pollution in the short-term as countries wrestle with shifting their energy mix from fossil fuels toward lower-carbon alternatives.

"We would like to puncture the myth that 'carbon neutrality' is impossible," Christiana Figueres, the U.N.'s climate change chief, said in a Tuesday meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York City.