Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative warns offsetting must be 'truly additional to real action'

Cecilia Keating
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UK-backed group lays out roadmap for how voluntary carbon markets can drive progress towards global climate goals

With critical negotiations geared at establishing more robust rules for global carbon markets imminent at the COP26 Climate Summit, the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has this week...

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