Carbon Trading and communities - How carbon offsets affect local communities

Although contrary evidence is overwhelming and growing, policymakers in the North seem to believe that carbon trading is the best mechanism to address climate change. The EU, Japan, the US and Australia all have their own trading schemes, of which the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) is by far the largest. 

This briefing focuses on the often very negative effects that communities in the South experience if they get caught up in offsetting projects.

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Catégories: Briefing Notes, Carbon trading