UN swerves decision on carbon offset liability

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Board fails to reach decision on proposal to make Clean Development Mechanism auditors responsible for excess carbon offsets from approved projects

Companies buying UN-approved carbon offsets are no nearer to discovering if tighter auditing regulations for overseeing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) scheme are to be adopted after a UN panel last...

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