Water and biodiversity credits should be integrated into voluntary carbon markets: Singapore president

Published on January 28, 2025

Developing the credit markets will address a funding gap for nature-based solutions, said Tharman Shanmugaratnam. His proposal faced pushback from other panellists at the World Economic Forum who cautioned against commodifying nature.

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