Major UNFCCC carbon trading scheme hit by serious corruption allegations involving organised crime in Russia and UkraineA key carbon offsetting scheme was so open to abuse that three quarters of its allowances lacked environmental integrity, a new report says.UN officials confirm the findings by the Stockholm Environment Institute that around 600m tonnes of carbon were wrongly emitted as a result, under the UNFCCC’s Joint Implementation (JI) scheme. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
