'Trade with confidence' or 'get-out-of-jail'? Carney-led Taskforce plots legal standards for 'unified' carbon offset market

Michael Holder
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Carney-led carbon market Taskforce has sets out plans to establish legal standards and governance body to bolster integrity of CO2 offsets, but environmental campaigners remain unconvinced

Efforts led by Mark Carney to establish a standardised global market for trading carbon credits have taken a step forward today, with the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets setting out plans...

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