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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is based on high risk, not easy profits
Two economists explain what’s wrong with the TFFF investment strategy.
19 hrs ago • 
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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is based on high risk, not easy profits
Natural capital accounting: “These narratives have entrenched the fallacy that markets and market-based mechanisms can or will solve these…
Lisa Sachs, Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment.
Aug 28 • 
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Natural capital accounting: “These narratives have entrenched the fallacy that markets and market-based mechanisms can or will solve these ecosystem challenges”
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A proposal for funding nature-based climate solutions without carbon markets
A recent paper highlights some of the problems with carbon offset projects and suggests an alternative funding mechanism.
Aug 27 • 
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A proposal for funding nature-based climate solutions without carbon markets
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German court rules that Apple Watch is not “carbon neutral”
Another legal victory for Deutsche Umwelthilfe against corporate greenwash.
Aug 26 • 
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German court rules that Apple Watch is not “carbon neutral”
Joe Sanberg, co-founder of Aspiration Partners, to plead guilty to US$248 million scheme to defraud investors
Sandberg “admitted to being nothing more than a self-serving fraudster”.
Aug 24 • 
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Joe Sanberg, co-founder of Aspiration Partners, to plead guilty to US$248 million scheme to defraud investors
Protecting communities from carbon markets
A recent report from ActionAid USA highlights the dangers of carbon markets.
Aug 21 • 
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Protecting communities from carbon markets
Norway’s Oil Fund is investing in Rio Tinto and South32, mining companies responsible for deforesting large areas of the Amazon rainforest
Norges Bank, which manages the Fund, did not divest despite a recommendation from its Council of Ethics to do so.
Aug 20 • 
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Norway’s Oil Fund is investing in Rio Tinto and South32, mining companies responsible for deforesting large areas of the Amazon rainforest
“Dispossession disguised as conservation.” How a German company is buying up rainforest in Ecuador and violating the rights of Indigenous…
Rainforest Foundation Pastaza, the German company, has no connection with Rainforest Foundation US, Rainforest Foundation UK, or Rainforest Foundation…
Aug 15 • 
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“Dispossession disguised as conservation.” How a German company is buying up rainforest in Ecuador and violating the rights of Indigenous Peoples
DRC’s 52 new oil blocks threaten vast areas of rainforest, peatlands, people, and the planet
“The Worst Place in the World to Drill for Oil”
Aug 13 • 
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DRC’s 52 new oil blocks threaten vast areas of rainforest, peatlands, people, and the planet
The International Court of Justice says that countries are accountable for harm to the climate. What does this mean for carbon markets?
“This advisory opinion is a tool for climate justice.”
Aug 12 • 
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The International Court of Justice says that countries are accountable for harm to the climate. What does this mean for carbon markets?
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Microsoft won’t save the planet: “Finding and extracting more oil is one of the biggest use cases of AI today”
Ex-employees are highlighting how Microsoft’s work for the fossil fuel industry is exacerbating the climate crisis.
Aug 11 • 
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Microsoft won’t save the planet: “Finding and extracting more oil is one of the biggest use cases of AI today”
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Merlin Thompson jailed for two years for selling fake carbon credits under Oregon’s carbon credit programme
Three electric vehicle chargers supposedly generated the carbon credits that Thompson sold for US$1.8 million.
Aug 8 • 
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Merlin Thompson jailed for two years for selling fake carbon credits under Oregon’s carbon credit programme
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