'Insufficiently rigorous': Millions of carbon credits fail to secure high integrity label approval

Michael Holder
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'Insufficiently rigorous': Millions of carbon credits fail to secure high integrity label approval

Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market rejects eight assessment methodologies for renewable energy carbon credit projects over 'additionality' concerns

Carbon credits accounting for almost a third of the entire voluntary carbon market are not eligible to carry new independently-verified labels vouching for their integrity, after a review deemed eight...

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