Carbon credit developers, corporate buyers and some leading conservation NGOs are challenging new proposed rules to stop UN carbon credits being wiped out by fire, drought or logging, in what critics have called a "coordinated lobbying campaign" to weaken the nascent market's push for greater integrity.
According to documents seen by Climate Home News - including a briefing given to government officials - companies, NGOs and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have contested the scientific basis for the move, arguing that stronger protection for carbon reductions co
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