Expanded Emissions Trading Scheme could 'unlock' over 100,000 hectares for woodland creation

Stuart Stone
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Admitting the Woodland Carbon Code into the UK-ETS would prove a 'major win' in making afforestation economically viable and boosting net zero efforts, policy paper claims

Incorporating Woodland Carbon Code (WCC) voluntary carbon credits in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) would "unlock" more than a quarter of land suitable for afforestation and establish the UK...

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