Why are people acting like this is a bad thing? It's not like the same amount of CO2 causes more global warming if it's emitted by Switzerland than it does if it's emitted by Ghana or Peru. If I buy my neighbor solar panels, isn't that just as good for the environment as if I bought myself solar panels instead?
There is a lot more low hanging fruit in the developing world. Money spent their could potentially yield bigger savings.<p>Consider countries like Mongolia, where the dirtiest coal is used to heat homes. This is both an environmental and health crisis.
> Switzerland Is Paying Poorer Nations to Cut Emissions on Its Behalf<p>Or as someone in an east european country said: we are selling carbon (CO2 emissions) certificates because we don't polute enough.<p>The problem here is not Switzerland. The ptoblem are the carbon (CO2 emissions) certificates.