Forest campaign group renews charge that carbon credit verification schemes are flawed

Mongabay
Jul 28, 2023, 8:47 pm144 pts
Six months ago, journalists from the Guardian, Die ZEIT and SourceMaterial published data showing that up to 90% of the carbon credits issued by Verra, the world’s largest certifying agency, are worthless. Now the Rainforest Foundation UK says three other verfication schemes — the World Bank’s Forest…

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