Tech giant Microsoft has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to restore parts of the Amazon rainforest by removing 3.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide – all to offset increasing emissions from its data centres in the coming years. On Asia First, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman learn more about carbon credits as well as the transparency and legitimacy of such programmes. They spoke with John Sterman, Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management Director, MIT System Dynamics Group Director, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge.

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