Africa > ‘Gold plating’ offsets could be damaging, warns standards body

‘Gold plating’ offsets could be damaging, warns standards body

Published 15:35 on September 29, 2022  /  Last updated at 15:35 on September 29, 2022  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

'Gold plating' certain types of offset credits in the drive to improve integrity in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) could prove detrimental in combating global warming, a markets standards body warned on Thursday.
'Gold plating' certain types of offset credits in the drive to improve integrity in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) could prove detrimental in combating global warming, a markets standards body warned on Thursday.


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