Since 1995, the Duke Law’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) has hosted an annual national security law conference in Durham, N.C.

Carbon offsets are becoming increasingly popular and cited in many corporate sustainability plans as a key mechanism to "go green." Yet, this markets-based approach is severely limited in its ability to reduce global CO2 emissions. What are offsets and how are they hurting our progress towards a net neutral economy by 2050? What policies might we enact instead?