Carbon market to shrug off downturn and top $150bn this year

James S Murray
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Report claims recession will fail to derail market expansion as CDM picks up any slack in the ETS

The global carbon market is expected to frow by more than 27 per cent over 2009 The global carbon market will remained shielded against the worst effects of the economic slowdown and grow by more than...

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