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The Dirty Secret of Carbon Accounting That Underpins Climate Goals

Unlike financial reporting, there’s not much in the form of punishment if companies get emissions reporting wrong

Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg

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There’s a dirty secret of carbon accounting, and it could soon be exposed. That’s because the assumptions most companies base their calculations on could be wrong.