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Fraud in China: Federal Environment Agency wants to cancel 45 projects

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Published: September 17th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

In the scandal surrounding a fraud scheme for climate projects in China, the Federal Environment Agency now wants to reverse projects.

In connection with suspected cases of fraud in China, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) wants to stop 45 climate projects. „Our goal is to reverse all 45 suspicious China projects“, explained UBA President Dirk Messner at a digital press conference on Monday. The projects were under „very strong suspicion of fraud“. It is probably a „deceptive contract system“ in which projects are registered that do not meet the stated requirements, such as the reduction of greenhouse gases, he explained.

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