0 the situation in which a government or organization is able to get money for a project from another government or organization, especially the European Union, only if it pays for most of the project itself: --
1 the reduction in the amount of carbon dioxide gas released into the environment that happens only as a result of trading carbon credits: --
The buzzword in the industry is "additionality" - the idea that offset purchases lead to additional greenhouse gas reductions.
There has been some suggestion of enshrining additionality within the legislation.
Other important cornerstones of regional policy in the years to come will be additionality in funding, cross-sectoral cooperation and conditionality.
I am left distinctly uneasy about where the principle of additionality stands this afternoon.
The question of additionality is still under discussion.
If so, is the principle of additionality to be applied?
However, the much more important point is the lack of additionality.
If it is accepted that additionality has gone by the board, could we add infrastructure to the causes?
I will review some aspects of the additionality argument over the past four or five years.
