Carbon trading in Paris Agreement has set us up for failure

The Ecologist
Dec 15, 2015, 6:24 am65 pts
Hidden away in the pages of UN-speak that make up the Paris Agreement are the makings of global carbon market in which a host of exotic emissions derivatives can be freely traded, writes Steffen Böhm. And it's all going to be a huge and expensive distraction from the real and urgent task of cutting emissions.

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