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Selling Air: Can Carbon Credits Pay for Development?
COP31’s president says carbon markets could raise $50 billion a year for poorer countries. The record so far says read the small print.
Inayatt Gogia
13 Nov 2026Save
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COP31’s president says carbon markets could raise $50 billion a year for poorer countries. The record so far says read the small print.

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