the action or process of compensating for carbon dioxide emissions which result from industrial or other human activity, by participating in schemes designed to effect equivalent reductions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, any activity that compensates for the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) or other greenhouse gases (measured in carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e)) by providing for an emission reduction elsewhere, the process of trying to reduce the damage caused by releasing carbon dioxide into the environment by doing other things that remove carbon dioxide, for example, by planting trees