A carbon audit regime is a means of

accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

for quantifiable greenhouse gas control efforts. It establishes that the claimed reductions in emissions or enhancements of

carbon sinks A carbon sink is anything, natural or otherwise, that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period and thereby removes carbon dioxide () from the atmosphere. Globally, the two most important carbon si ...

, has actually occurred and is stable.

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