Approved work: Carbon offsetting and carbon payback
This POSTnote will summarise the challenges that have emerged around setting standards for international offsetting and what monitoring is needed to ensure effective mitigation.

This note examines knowledge of the fate of Chernobyl radioactivity and its implications.
Chernobyl Fallout (237 KB , PDF)
On 26 April 1986, an explosion in the Chernobyl nuclear power station blew the top from the reactor core, releasing highly radioactive material. 7 years later, areas of the UK remain contaminated with radioactive fall-out from Chernobyl, to the extent that the movement and slaughter of almost 500, 000 sheep on more than 600 farms are still subject to restrictions.
Chernobyl Fallout (237 KB , PDF)
This POSTnote will summarise the challenges that have emerged around setting standards for international offsetting and what monitoring is needed to ensure effective mitigation.
This POSTnote will summarise the evidence base for restoration measures for different freshwater habitat types (complimenting the recent POSTnote and POSTbrief on habitat restoration) and the outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits such as natural flood management and water quality.
This POSTnote will summarise the challenges and opportunities for the different approaches for reducing the use of synthetic fertilisers.