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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

Greens urge Labor to reject international carbon offsets as ‘accounting tricks’

Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt
Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt calls for rejection of ‘international offset accounting tricks’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Greens have called on the Albanese government to reject advice that Australia should allow greater use of international carbon offsets, arguing it would delay cuts in greenhouse gas emissions locally.

A review of international offsets by the Climate Change Authority, a policy advisory body, urged the government to develop a carbon market strategy as a step towards allowing international carbon offsets to be traded along with Australian carbon credits.

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