'Rigorous quality control': How Verra came to drop 37 Chinese carbon credit projects from its registry

Michael Holder
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Carbon credit standards setter says 'unprecedented' action 'should send a signal that inclusion in the Verra Registry is a sign of integrity and quality'

Carbon offset standards body Verra has rejected 37 rice farming projects in China from its carbon credits registry and imposed "significant sanctions" on the organisations involved in the projects, following...

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