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The Kariba REDD project reveals a “deep structural flaw” in Verra’s carbon credit programme
Analysis by CarbonPlan shows that Verra’s proposed solution to Kariba’s “excess credits” simply does not work.
 • Chris Lang
Isangi REDD project: “Emissions reductions were likely short-lived if they occurred at all”
Verra has frozen the buffer pool carbon credits from the project.
 • Chris Lang
German court rules that Apple Watch is not “carbon neutral”
Another legal victory for Deutsche Umwelthilfe against corporate greenwash.
 • Chris Lang
New research finds that Verra’s buffer pool for REDD projects is way too small
“The numbers aren’t actually based on any science, as far as anyone can tell.”
 • Chris Lang
Nike’s non-additional carbon credits from 2006 have found a new life. In ACR’s buffer pool
Old carbon credits never die.
 • Chris Lang
South Pole pulls out of the Kariba REDD project in Zimbabwe
But will South Pole reimburse the companies that bought fake carbon credits from the project?
 • Chris Lang
Forest offsets go up in smoke in California’s “forever fire”
A key part of California’s cap-and-trade scheme relies on offsets from the state’s forests.
 • Chris Lang
Brazil: The Suruí REDD project has been suspended indefinitely
As a result of illegal diamond and gold mining, and illegal logging inside the project area
 • Chris Lang
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