Following suspected fraud involving climate certificates, the German Environment Agency (UBA) plans to stop and reverse „all 45 suspicious China projects.“ According to UBA President Dirk Messner, the projects are under „very strong suspicion of fraud.“ He also suspects a veritable „shadow and parallel system“ in which projects are registered on site that do not meet the stated requirements, such as the reduction of greenhouse gases. In early September, the UBA had already stopped the activation of certificates for eight Chinese projects that had been applied for by several large, internationally active companies.