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Updated Oxford carbon offsetting principles seek VCM regulation

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The updated version of the principles emphasises the importance of using durable means of carbon storage that limit the risk of removed carbon being released back into the atmosphere, as can happen during forest fires, for example (Photo: Gilitukha/Envato)

‘Hardly any of the carbon market removes and stores carbon at all,’ say the Oxford Offsetting Principles authors, as they call for the standards to be embedded in net zero laws

The authors of the Oxford Offsetting Principles, a set of standards designed to help companies and governments use carbon offsets, have called on organisations to publicly back the regulation of the voluntary carbon market.

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