UK's 'creative carbon accounting' breaches climate deal, say critics
by Sandra Laville from Environment | The Guardian on (#4DW05)
UK exclusion of international aviation and shipping figures from carbon budgets was highlighted by Greta Thunberg
The UK is breaching the Paris agreement on climate change by excluding international aviation and shipping figures from carbon budgets, according to a leading NGO.
The Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg accused the British government this week of "very creative carbon accounting" after the government defended its work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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