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As COP29 edges towards a disastrous agreement on carbon markets, the Durban Group for Climate Justice reaffirms its opposition to carbon…
20 years on, the Durban Declaration on Carbon Trading remains as relevant as ever.
Nov 20
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As COP29 edges towards a disastrous agreement on carbon markets, the Durban Group for Climate Justice reaffirms its opposition to carbon trading
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Green oil? Suriname is planning to use Indigenous Peoples’ forests to greenwash TotalEnergies’ oil extraction
Indigenous Peoples’ organisations demand the REDD deal be stopped immediately.
Nov 19
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Chris Lang
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Green oil? Suriname is planning to use Indigenous Peoples’ forests to greenwash TotalEnergies’ oil extraction
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Gabriel Labbate’s carbon market fallacies
The Global Team Leader of the UN-REDD programme at UNEP is promoting a false solution to the climate crisis.
Nov 15
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Chris Lang
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Gabriel Labbate’s carbon market fallacies
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COP29 approval of Article 6.4 is “opening the floodgates for a global carbon market that will have devastating impacts on communities in the…
Carbon markets are not climate finance.
Nov 12
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Chris Lang
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COP29 approval of Article 6.4 is “opening the floodgates for a global carbon market that will have devastating impacts on communities in the Global South”
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“Article 6 is not about saving the planet. The COPs are not about climate change. This is about profit.” Interview with Dr. Tamra Gilbertson…
“Carbon markets fundamentally do not work, period.”
Nov 7
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Chris Lang
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“Article 6 is not about saving the planet. The COPs are not about climate change. This is about profit.” Interview with Dr. Tamra Gilbertson of Indigenous Environmental Network
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From land grabbers to carbon cowboys
A new report by GRAIN looks at land grabbing for carbon projects.
Sep 19
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Chris Lang
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From land grabbers to carbon cowboys
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Carbon offsets are incompatible with the Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (Article 6.4) faces the same problems, and the same governance structure, as the Clean Development Mechanism.
Sep 12
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Chris Lang
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Carbon offsets are incompatible with the Paris Agreement
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Big Polluters are buying cheap, old, junk carbon offsets
A new study shows that 87% of offsets retired by companies like Shell, Delta Airlines, Chevron, and Eni carry a high risk of not providing emissions…
Aug 28
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Chris Lang
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Big Polluters are buying cheap, old, junk carbon offsets
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Surprise, surprise! Article 6 carbon credits face exactly the same problems as voluntary carbon credits
Offsets instead of emissions cuts, double counting, junk credits, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights remain unresolved problems.
Aug 19
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Chris Lang
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Surprise, surprise! Article 6 carbon credits face exactly the same problems as voluntary carbon credits
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Out of the frying pan and into the fire: The United Nations opposes voluntary carbon credits, while proposing carbon trading under Article 6…
The Financial Times reports on a draft policy document from the UN that spells disaster.
Jul 25
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Out of the frying pan and into the fire: The United Nations opposes voluntary carbon credits, while proposing carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
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Interview with Wayne Sharpe, CEO of Carbon Trade Exchange, about the forthcoming auction of 1.5 million carbon credits from a cookstove…
“Carbon Credits authorized and certified as ITMOs are more valuable than Voluntary credits,” according to CTX.
Jul 11
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Interview with Wayne Sharpe, CEO of Carbon Trade Exchange, about the forthcoming auction of 1.5 million carbon credits from a cookstove project in Malawi
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Tullow Oil signs US$90 million REDD deal with Ghana
Another Big Polluter is funding REDD in order to legitimise continued extraction of fossil fuels.
May 29
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Tullow Oil signs US$90 million REDD deal with Ghana
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