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How can carbon offset projects enhance community resilience?

Carbon offset projects can play a significant role in enhancing community resilience. Beyond reducing carbon emissions, some of these projects, like those of DGB Group, often yield co-benefits contributing to community wellbeing. Such benefits include improved education, job creation, energy-efficient stoves, fruit-yielding trees, economic growth, and conservation. By involving communities in project design and implementation, these projects can empower residents and address their needs. Additionally, carbon offset projects that restore ecosystems and protect forests contribute to safeguarding natural resources, which in turn enhances community resilience to environmental impacts and promotes long-term sustainability.