'Incentivise and recognise': Green NGOs and businesses call for more investment in carbon credits markets

Cecilia Keating
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Open letter argues that much more must be done internationally to 'incentivise and recognise' corporate investments in high integrity carbon markets and climate projects

A clutch of environmental NGOs and sustainable business groups have called for more market incentives to encourage companies to invest in 'high integrity' carbon credits, signing an open letter published...

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