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New Zealand depends on robust new rules for global carbon trading to meets its climate pledge

  • Written by Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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As the COP26 climate summit draws to a close, debate continues on one key issue in particular: a new rule book for global carbon trading to allow countries to purchase emissions reductions from overseas to count towards their own climate action.

The world has generally welcomed headline-grabbing agreements on halting...

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