World Bank sees key role for offsets in post-Kyoto deal
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Emissions offsets will play an important role in any future global climate deal, but it will be necessary to scale up the climate efforts and move from projects to programmes, Joëlle Chassard, who manages the World Bank's carbon finance unit, told EurActiv in an interview. "We expect that international offsets will continue to be part of the future landscape, mainly as a way to encourage and provide financial incentives to developing countries to undertake climate change mitigation ...