Carbon trading grows 19 per cent despite plunging prices

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But falling prices mean global market is worth just four per cent more than in 2010

The volume of carbon allowances traded globally grew by almost 20 per cent last year, according to new figures that also show that falling prices meant the value of the market grew by just four per cent....

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