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Carbon Deal at COP29 as Questions Remain About Market Integrity

Negotiators in Azerbaijan advanced rules for carbon credits trading between countries on Saturday.

Photographer: Aziz Karimov/Getty Images

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Negotiators at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan landed a carbon credits agreement after almost a decade of deliberation. The decisionwill pave the way for more trading activity under a new market overseen by the United Nations.

“We have ended a decade-long wait,” said COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev. “Climate change is a transnational challenge and Article 6 will enable transnational solutions.”