Updated: Carbon market under fire as UN suspends British CDM project accreditor

James S Murray
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Second suspension of official emission project verifier within a year highlights flaws in UN's flagship offsetting scheme

The credibility of the UN's flagship carbon offsetting scheme, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), has received a fresh body blow after one of the leading auditors of emission reduction projects was...

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