About 100 countries at UN climate talks challenge Australia's use of carryover credits

COP25 delegates from developing countries try to ban the emissions accounting measure, described as an 'anti-Australia option'Australia's plan to use an accounting loophole to meet its international emissions targets has been formally challenged at UN climate talks, with about 100 countries wanting the practice banned under the Paris agreement.Delegates from developing countries led by Belize and Costa Rica have introduced a ban on using carryover credits from the Kyoto protocol into the text of the rulebook for the Paris climate agreement, which is being debated at a meeting in Madrid. Continue reading...