How a small Chinese company tricked the German state

DW uncovered that dozens of Chinese climate projects, certified by the German authorities as carbon credits under the upstream emission reduction scheme, failed to deliver on promises to save millions of tons of carbon emissions. A joint investigation by DW and ZDF reveals how Germany was deceived – and exposes the shadowy company Beijing Karbon behind the alleged fraud.

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Credits:
An investigation by: Mathias Bölinger and Birgitta Schülke in cooperation with ZDF-Frontal
Additional research: Yuchen Li
Camera and Video editing: Dmytro Katkov
Fact-checking: Carolyn Thompson
Editor: Naomi Conrad
Legal Support: Florian Wagenknecht
Executive Producer: Kiyo Dörrer, Katharina Kroll
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon