UN carbon market approves cookstove projects with overestimated climate impact
Two cookstove projects, the first approved under the UN's carbon market, are significantly overestimating their climate impact, according to a Carbon Market Watch analysis. This assessment follows a previous analysis by Carbon Market Watch in April of last year, which highlighted similar overcrediting concerns regarding Clean Development Mechanism Programme of Activities 10415. The findings suggest that issues of overcrediting persist despite efforts to improve the integrity of carbon credit calculations within the UN framework.
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