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Climate change

ADB plan to buy carbon credits after 2012

By Raphael Minder in Bangkok

Published: July 7 2008 18:46 | Last updated: July 7 2008 18:46

The Asian Development Bank is setting up a new climate change fund to invest in carbon credits that will be generated after 2012, the cut-off date for the Kyoto protocol.

Most carbon trading funds do not invest in credits that will be issued after the protocol has expired, given the uncertainty about its successor. Negotiations are continuing but will not be completed until the end of next year.

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