UN suspends top CDM project verifier over lax audit allegations

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As talks to improve the UN's controversial carbon offset scheme kick off, Det Norske Veritas has been suspended from checking emission reduction projects in developing countries

The UN has suspended DNV from verifying CDM projects Critics of the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) carbon offsetting scheme were given fresh ammunition today, when the UN announced it is to suspend...

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