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Pakistan Weighs Carbon Emissions Market With a Link to China
South Asian nation could generate credits by cutting pollution
A Pakistani vendor carries balloons on a street amid heavy smog in Lahore. The fast-developing country has suffered from some of the world’s worst air pollution.
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Pakistan is looking at how to set up a carbon emissions market and has had discussions about how to link up the program with China.
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s administration has set up a committee to review the proposed mechanisms, which have the potential to expand the global trade in pollution credits and help Chinese companies offset the emissions they produce, according to an official who advised the government.