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Carbon offset market comes under scrutiny
Graham Watson
11th October 2022
This FT video looks at the carbon offset market - suggesting that the voluntary carbon offset market isn't working as it should, with the impact of carbon removal projects minimal and avoidance linked carbon credits being favoured.
However, there are suggestions that the latter is being exploited and allows for greenwashing via low quality offsets.
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Graham Watson
Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to tutor2u, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.
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