The key sentence is "The aim is to shift the reduction in carbon emissions to the Global South, rather than making the reductions the rich North, which bears the vast majority of responsibility for the climate crisis. And the development and resilience needs of African communities, such as food security, economic development, or decent work are put to one side."
A note to the rich North: Africa is NOT your land! It is not your "back yard." Cut your energy consumption and emissions per-capita to world averages before you tell others what to do with their country, to force compensation from them for your sins of emission.
Bear in mind that all life on the planet was fully engaged in trying to control the carbon cycle before the first piece of fossil fuel was burnt. And then, to juice our development of civilization and fuel our war against Nature, we have burned millions of years worth of properly-sequestered carbon inside of 200 years, and exponentially more since the 1950s. And now we want to play vast financial games as a distraction from doing what needs to be done? Really?
From the beginning, whoever thought up carbon markets and carbon offsets knew that they were not a serious solution for climate change. They knew it was just another way to distract and delay.
The key sentence is "The aim is to shift the reduction in carbon emissions to the Global South, rather than making the reductions the rich North, which bears the vast majority of responsibility for the climate crisis. And the development and resilience needs of African communities, such as food security, economic development, or decent work are put to one side."
A note to the rich North: Africa is NOT your land! It is not your "back yard." Cut your energy consumption and emissions per-capita to world averages before you tell others what to do with their country, to force compensation from them for your sins of emission.
Bear in mind that all life on the planet was fully engaged in trying to control the carbon cycle before the first piece of fossil fuel was burnt. And then, to juice our development of civilization and fuel our war against Nature, we have burned millions of years worth of properly-sequestered carbon inside of 200 years, and exponentially more since the 1950s. And now we want to play vast financial games as a distraction from doing what needs to be done? Really?
From the beginning, whoever thought up carbon markets and carbon offsets knew that they were not a serious solution for climate change. They knew it was just another way to distract and delay.