EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BACKS EMISSIONS ACCOUNTING DEMAND

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ENVIRONMENT committee of the European Parliament has backed a proposed European Union (EU) decision that would make mandatory the detailed accounting of EU emissions from forestry and agriculture. Its aim is to make more comprehensive an assessment of carbon emissions when monitoring EU international climate change treaty commitments.

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