Verra receives first compensation from discredited Chinese rice carbon projects, but bulk still outstanding

Published 17:03 on January 9, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:20 on January 9, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China, Nature-based, Voluntary

Verra is struggling to impose sanctions on the proponents behind a group of discredited Chinese rice carbon projects, receiving compensation to date from just five of the 25 activities that were exposed last year for malpractice.
Verra is struggling to impose sanctions on the proponents behind a group of discredited Chinese rice carbon projects, receiving compensation to date from just five of the 25 activities that were exposed last year for malpractice.


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