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Chubb-review recommends some changes to carbon crediting framework

 

Professor Ian Chubb and minister for climate change and energy Chris Bowen handing down the Chubb-review. Photo: Chris Bowen Twitter

THE long-awaited review of Australia’s carbon crediting framework has this morning been handed down, recommending changes to way the industry is governed, more transparency and facilitation of co-benefits beyond emissions abatement.

A group of scientists, led by Australian National University professor Andrew MacIntosh, last year made heavy criticisms of the way Australian Carbon Credit Units are issued, labelling the scheme a “fraud” and sparking…

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