Thank you, great post! You say Erica Lennon's quote is worth repeating, so let's do that as well as Rachel Rose Jackson's:
Erica Lennon:
“Racking up carbon credits doesn’t make you a climate leader. Cutting fossil fuels does. We can’t offset our way to a safe climate future. For all the talk about carbon credits accelerating climate action, they are actually greenwashing climate destruction.”
Rachel Rose Jackson:
“These findings add to the mounting evidence that peels back the greenwashed facade of the voluntary carbon market and lays bare the ways it dangerously distracts from the real, lasting action the world’s largest corporations and polluters need to be taking.”
This has to be a wake-up call to the finance crowd who think that the more money you can pass around, the more it looks like you are doing something ... meanwhile the planet burns! It's way past time for games; serious action must be taken in such a way that people take note of the seriousness of humanity's predicament. For a first step, eliminate air travel - ground all flights now! Best to take a simple step first, just like the first step in protecting biodiversity should be Not One More Sacrifice Zone, anywhere!
Thank you, great post! You say Erica Lennon's quote is worth repeating, so let's do that as well as Rachel Rose Jackson's:
Erica Lennon:
“Racking up carbon credits doesn’t make you a climate leader. Cutting fossil fuels does. We can’t offset our way to a safe climate future. For all the talk about carbon credits accelerating climate action, they are actually greenwashing climate destruction.”
Rachel Rose Jackson:
“These findings add to the mounting evidence that peels back the greenwashed facade of the voluntary carbon market and lays bare the ways it dangerously distracts from the real, lasting action the world’s largest corporations and polluters need to be taking.”
This has to be a wake-up call to the finance crowd who think that the more money you can pass around, the more it looks like you are doing something ... meanwhile the planet burns! It's way past time for games; serious action must be taken in such a way that people take note of the seriousness of humanity's predicament. For a first step, eliminate air travel - ground all flights now! Best to take a simple step first, just like the first step in protecting biodiversity should be Not One More Sacrifice Zone, anywhere!