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Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market approves three REDD methodologies. Risk of millions of credits that are “non-additional…
The Oeko-Institute has withdrawn from the ICVCM. Two members of the Expert Panel have resigned.
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ORF documentary investigates Rimba Raya REDD project in Indonesia: “All empty promises”
Villagers have lost their livelihoods and parts of the forest are burning.
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84% of carbon credits are junk
New peer-reviewed study finds that, “less than 16% of the carbon credits issued to the investigated projects constitute real emission reductions”.
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Billionaires aren’t going to save the planet. Part II: Jeff Bezos’ megayacht
Complete with illegal teak decks imported from Myanmar.
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Using carbon credits to close coal plants will not deliver climate benefits
“Promotion of carbon credits for financing coal phaseouts is misguided and unfortunate.”
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November 2024

“Continuing to stand behind the fallacy that carbon offsetting approaches will get us out of the climate crisis is now untenable”
Scientists advise the University of Exeter to ditch carbon offsets.
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REDD myth no. 6: “Carbon markets are climate finance”
The reality is that carbon markets are diverting money away from the Global South.
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Illegal logging associated with hydropower dam construction in Southern Cardamom REDD project, Cambodia
New documentary by France24 looks at illegal logging in three REDD projects in Cambodia.
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COP29’s “Get out of jail free” card: Article 6 carbon trading mechanisms
“Countries have little incentive not to game the system.”
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REDD-Monitor stands in solidarity with Antonio Tricarico of ReCommon. Oil giant Eni has pressed charges against Tricarico for defamation
Eni is trying to silence any critical voices.
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COP29 media statement from Papua New Guinea Environmental Alliance
Proposed “field testing” of non-validated carbon market regulation turns customary landholding communities into “guinea pigs”.
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The Guanaré carbon project: How a eucalyptus monoculture in Uruguay is greenwashing Big Polluters
British American Tobacco, easyJet, Ernst & Young, Lavazza, and Nivea have all bought carbon credits from the Guanaré project.
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