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Introduction [of Critical Currents, issue 7, Nov, 2009 "Carbon Trading - How it works and why it fails"]
Gilbertson, Tamra Reyes, Oscar
Gilbertson, Tamra
Reyes, Oscar
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"[...] This issue of Critical Currents examines what carbon trading is and why it was adopted in the fi rst place. It tells the story of how, from its global beginnings as part of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, carbon trading has failed to change the way we acquire and use energy, while short-circuiting demands for the fundamental reforms needed. In the process, it has rewarded polluters for continued pollution while at the same time causing social and environmental injustice. [...]", p. 7
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