The Costa Rican government is working on an ambitious plan to completely offset carbon dioxide emissions in the country by 2020. The government is going about this goal with a mix of laws, incentives, hybrid vehicles, clean energy and taxes on tourism. There’s a new certification system whereby businesses and tourists will be charged a voluntary tax to offset their emissions. The money will go toward conservation and reforestation.
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But will the Maldives, a group of islands that NEED the world to go increasingly carbon neutral, and who JUST committed to spending $110m annually beat them to be the world’s FIRST carbon neutral country?
More on the Maldives here: http://is.gd/nBDz