CARBON COUNTERS.An initiative from the World Bank will help create a market for buying and selling carbon credits to fight global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. . The bank will set up a $150 million fund using government and private donations, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in The Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. Post. The money will allow businesses in developed countries to purchase carbon "credits" from developing nations with less energy-efficient industries. The fund's structure is based on the approval of the Kyoto protocol Kyoto Protocol: see global warming. on global warming. |
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