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December 6, 2019 06:12 pm

Carbon markets could strengthen or screw over global action on climate change


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Leaders from 197 countries are hammering out the details of one of the most contested strategies for tackling climate change: international carbon markets, which allow countries to offset their planet-heating emissions by funding green projects elsewhere. As delegates negotiated at the annual United Nations climate conference in Madrid this week, protests unfolded over the carbon-cutting scheme, which some environmental activists called “a false solution.”


Existing carbon markets have a checkered past, and unless tighter rules are put in place moving forward, new carbon markets could actually make the climate crisis worse. That’s because, with a poorly designed system, there’s the risk that carbon credits could offer polluters an...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/6/20998898/carbon-markets-climate-change-global-action-madrid-united-nations-world-leaders-cop25

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