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The EU is proposing to buy hundreds of millions of carbon credits by 2040. With no analysis of either the economic or the climatic impacts
“The European Commission chose to cook the books instead of protecting the climate.”
Sep 3
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Chris Lang
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Protecting communities from carbon markets
A recent report from ActionAid USA highlights the dangers of carbon markets.
Aug 21
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Chris Lang
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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?
“This advisory opinion is a tool for climate justice.”
Aug 12
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Chris Lang
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A “green rush” for carbon offsets is fuelling land grabs in the Global South
New report from the Robert Bosch Stiftung and TMG Research.
Aug 5
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Chris Lang
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Open letter opposing international carbon credits in EU climate targets
The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change also opposes the use of international carbon credits.
Jun 11
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Chris Lang
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“Recipe for Greenwashing:” New report calls for a ban on international credits in South Korea’s Emissions Trading System
The report, published by Korean NGO Plan 1.5, finds that cookstove projects overestimate emissions reductions by a factor of more than 18.
May 19
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Chris Lang
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“We must say NO! to this Green Economy regime.” Indigenous Environmental Network calls for a moratorium on all false solutions to the…
IEN's call for a permanent moratorium on carbon markets and REDD came at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
May 17
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Chris Lang
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Some questions for Andrew Gilmour, CEO of Laconic Infrastructure Partners Inc.
About Bolivia’s US$1.2 billion forest carbon false solution.
Apr 21
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Chris Lang
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Bolivia’s US$1.2 billion forest carbon deal is a false solution
The deal is being set up by a company with zero experience in forest carbon in a country where wildfires tore through 10 million hectares in 2024.
Apr 11
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Chris Lang
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Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism gets off to a bad start with a Clean Development Mechanism cookstoves project in Myanmar
The first of many junk credits under Article 6.4.
Mar 28
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Chris Lang
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UN experts expressed “serious concerns” about the gavelling through of carbon trading rules at COP29 in Baku
“After 30 years, evidence that carbon markets are contributing to mitigation or helping mobilize finance is just not there.”
Jan 14
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Chris Lang
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84% of carbon credits are junk
New peer-reviewed study finds that, “less than 16% of the carbon credits issued to the investigated projects constitute real emission reductions”.
Dec 5, 2024
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Chris Lang
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