Carbon offsets or carbon credits help balance a carbon footprint by funding environmental projects that reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It is a reduction or removal of emissions of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases made in order to compensate for emissions made elsewhere. Related projects include hydroelectricity, clean cooking, wind power, solar power, composting, public transportation, water treatment, biomass, biogas, reforestation, recycling and anti-illegal logging initiatives across the world. The funding of these projects is then converted into carbon credits, which offset the carbon emissions of a company, an individual or another entity.