How a Chinese firm made tons of of thousands and thousands with fraudulent local weather initiatives | DW News

German authorities approved dozens of climate projects in China that allowed firms to receive carbon credits. A DW and ZDF investigation found that these projects are likely fake and part of a large carbon credit scam.

DW Investigations head Mathias Bölinger spoke to us about the investigation’s findings.

For the full length report into the massive scam you can head to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_S97Ae1eg

00:00 Massive carbon credit fraud uncovered in China
04:01 Mathias Bölinger explains more on the investigation

#china #germany #climatechange

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