UN aviation body ditches older carbon credits from offsetting scheme

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Green groups welcome ICAO's decision to exclude 'questionable' carbon credits from the industry's CORSIA offsetting programme

The global aviation industry has taken a key step forward in agreeing rules for carbon offset credits in its global greenhouse gas reduction scheme, as the sector reels from the economic fallout of the...

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