Greta Thunberg accuses rich countries of “creative carbon accounting”
When it comes to measuring national emissions, she has a point
IT IS 5AM, and New Covent Garden Market is in full swing. On its swarming 57-acre site in Battersea wholesalers are flogging fruit, vegetables and flowers to London’s greengrocers and restaurateurs. Costa Rican pineapples are stacked next to Kenyan passion fruits and Peruvian asparagus. Rows of Danish conifers sit by buckets of Dutch roses. Fresh produce shipped from all around the world is for sale.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Out of sight”
Finance & economics
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- Greta Thunberg accuses rich countries of “creative carbon accounting”
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