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Emissions markets out East

India and China's schemes to reduce greenhouse gases may be delayed and imperfect, says Anna Petherick, but they should be applauded.

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Figure 1: Carbon dioxide emissions per country or region from 1990 to 2009.

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Petherick, A. Emissions markets out East. Nature Clim Change 1, 138–139 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1124

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