New rules to open up Clean Development Mechanism to poorer nations

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Two new guidelines should make it easier for under-represented countries to launch CDM-approved projects

Efforts to open the UN-backed Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) offsetting scheme up to poorer nations took a major step forward last week as the board tasked with managing the scheme agreed new guidelines...

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