'This is putting companies on the hook': Can Mark Carney help build a credible carbon offset market?

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Young mangrove planting and restoration can help drive down emissions and prevent coastal erosion
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Young mangrove planting and restoration can help drive down emissions and prevent coastal erosion

Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets unveils recommendations on how to scale up investment in emission reduction programmes, but environmental campaigners remain unimpressed

An independent body should be set up to oversee a credible global market for businesses worldwide to purchase offsets for their carbon emissions, in order to both help meet surging demand for emission...

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