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Reform of carbon trading in Europe could help claw back its credibility as an instrument to cut emissions. Sonja van Renssen reports.

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Figure 1: Current status of ETSs worldwide.

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  1. Sonja van Renssen is a freelance journalist based in Brussels, Belgium,

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van Renssen, S. Carbon market rescue. Nature Clim Change 5, 297–299 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2588

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