Many carbon credits for deforestation could be 'nothing more than hot air', report finds

ABC News

Many carbon credits for deforestation could be 'nothing more than hot air', report finds

A new analysis finds the level of deforestation "avoided" by carbon offset schemes is too high to have occurred in the first place, likening them to "paying someone not to drive to work when they never drove to begin with".

September 22, 2021 • Michael Slezak, Penny Timms

🔗 abc.net.au

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