Verra axing of Shell’s rice-farming carbon credits in China fuels integrity fears

The carbon market standard found “serious” quality issues with the projects, prompting questions about their initial approval The axing of Shell’s carbon offsetting schemes linked to Chinese rice farming, announced…

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Nepal says China withholds “essential” info on bursting Himalayan glacial lakes

Beijing has not kept promises to provide data on its lakes, hampering efforts to prevent flood disasters, a senior Nepali official says The Chinese government’s failure to provide information about…

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