Environmental Defense Fund Proposes Carbon Credit Integration for Debt Relief Solutions
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The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) highlights the intersection of climate vulnerability and sovereign debt challenges in developing economies, advocating for debt-for-climate swaps to address these issues. The report proposes integrating carbon credits from the Paris Agreement into sovereign debt operations to enhance the effectiveness of these swaps, recommending the establishment of quality standards for carbon credits and their acceptance as legitimate payment forms in debt restructuring.

Jan 24, 2026, 7:05 PM