Britain is the world centre of a multibillion dollar "carbon offset" industry which is failing to lower global greenhouse gas emissions, a major report from Friends of the Earth claimed today.

环保组织“地球之友”今天的一份重要报告指出：以英国为中心的“碳抵消”行业有着数十亿美元的交易量，但这个行业并没有起到降低全球温室气体排放的作用。

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Proposals in the global climate negotiations would allow countries to offset some of their greenhouse-gas emissions by paying rain-forest nations to preserve their trees.

全球气候谈判提议让排放温室气体的国家支付给雨林国家一笔款项，以帮助他们保护雨林。

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One implication of the study, Law said, is that nations with significant amounts of old forests may find it somewhat easier to offset greenhouse gas emissions if those forests are left intact.

其中蕴涵的研究，法说的是，国家大量的旧的森林可能会觉得有点容易抵消温室气体排放，如果这些森林被原封不动。

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In his most specific proposal, Hu said China will increase forest cover by 40 million hectares by 2020 as a way to offset greenhouse gas emissions by industrial polluters, cars, airplanes and other sources.

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