As Carbon Offsets, Cookstove Emission Credits Are Greatly Overestimated

ENN
Jan 26, 2024, 10:50 am198 pts
The fastest growing type of offset on the global carbon market subsidizes the distribution of efficient cookstoves in developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but a new study finds that the stoves’ carbon saving credits are vastly overestimated, by a factor of 10.

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