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The very real cost of carbon offsets and trading

Bangkok Post:   Halldor Thorgeirsson, director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (and organiser of the Bali climate change talks in December 2007), recently remarked that "effective carbon market mechanisms" would be the "key component" of any post-2012 climate change regime. However, relying on market mechanisms such as carbon trading and carbon offsets to fight climate change could create disastrous consequences for the world's poor and the ... Read »
Created by deep Created 35 weeks 5 days ago – Made popular 35 weeks 5 days ago
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