Kyoto protocol's carbon credit scheme ‘increased emissions by 600m tonnes’
by Arthur Neslen in Brussels from on (#JAAT)
Major UNFCCC carbon trading scheme hit by serious corruption allegations involving organised crime in Russia and Ukraine
A key carbon offsetting scheme was so open to abuse that three quarters of its allowances lacked environmental integrity, a new report says.
UN officials confirm the findings by the Stockholm Environment Institute that around 600m tonnes of carbon were wrongly emitted as a result, under the UNFCCC's Joint Implementation (JI) scheme.
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