Identity crisis? voluntary carbon crediting and the Paris Agreement

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Identity crisis? voluntary carbon crediting and the Paris Agreement [1]

This Policy Brief outlines the “identity crisis” in which voluntary carbon standards find themselves after the adoption of the Paris Agreement. It describes how the new international legal framework threatens to undermine the legitimation and credibility of voluntary carbon standards and discusses first ideas how the arising challenges could be dealt with.

Publication Date:

01/12/2016

Source: Wuppertal Institute [2]

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