Customs agents this week arrested nine people in the London area suspected of a multimillion dollar fraud in trading carbon permits, bringing attention to a rich new field for crime sprung from the fight against climate change. The arrest confirmed fears among law enforcement officers that swindlers โ operating from the trading floors of Europe to the tropical forests of the Pacific โ are being attracted to a market that has grown to more than $100 billion.ย
A summit billed as the last chance to revive global climate action faces unprecedented pressure from the food sectorโs largest emitters.
Organisers offered pesticide giants and agribusiness lobby group โvisibilityโ and โimage gainโ in return for financial contributions to climate summit's Agrizone.
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
Proposed changes to the GHG Protocol would lead to double counting of carbon reductions in the livestock sector, experts say.
