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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.”
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From land grabbers to carbon cowboys
A new report by GRAIN looks at land grabbing for carbon projects.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Amnesty International: “UN Special Rapporteur is right to raise human rights concerns about carbon markets”
“These schemes do little or nothing to benefit Indigenous Peoples, and in some cases actively harm their rights.”
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“Let me stop you right there.” The BBC’s missed opportunity to talk about colonialism, elite capture, the climate crisis and Exxon’s carbon…
An interesting, but intensely frustrating, interview.
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UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples calls for moratorium on carbon markets
Francisco Calí Tzay was speaking at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York.
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More than 100 NGOs urge US special envoy John Podesta to oppose carbon markets and offsets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
“Carbon markets have failed to reduce emissions for over 20 years.”
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