Should governments dictate which offsets you use?

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Ecosecurities' Lisa Ashford argues the UK government has missed a trick by failing to include verified emission reductions in its new offsetting code

Earlier this year the UK government finally rolled out its Quality Assurance Scheme for Voluntary Offsetting. This process was initially kicked off in 2007, so it seemed rather an anticlimax when it finally...

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