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Carbon colonialism: The Makira REDD project in Madagascar
“The forest remained. The cost was absorbed within the community.”
Feb 18
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Chris Lang
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Crooked Carbon Business: Livelihoods’ Mangrove Restoration project in Senegal
Substandard wages for villagers. Carbon credits for corporations.
Jan 16
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Chris Lang
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Latin American and Caribbean social organisations denounce “Carbon colonialism and the exacerbation of inequality based on racism and…
55 organisations have signed the statement rejecting carbon markets.
Oct 31, 2025
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Chris Lang
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New carbon credit regulation in the Philippines is “a dangerous new frontier for carbon colonialism”
The Peoples Rising for Climate Justice - Philippines slammed the new regulation.
Oct 27, 2025
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Chris Lang
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Book review: Carbon Credits are Crap by Jaye Connolly
True. Carbon credits are crap. Unfortunately so is this book.
Oct 20, 2025
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Chris Lang
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Carbon Negative: A theatre performance that exposes climate colonialism
Next performance in Hamburg, 17 and 18 October 2025.
Oct 6, 2025
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Chris Lang
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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility: “A fund for wealthy people and Wall Street”
New report from The Corner House on TFFF.
Oct 1, 2025
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Chris Lang
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“Carbon markets are a failed model of climate finance that prioritises profits over people and delays over action”
A new report from Power Shift Africa.
Jul 4, 2025
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Chris Lang
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Book review: Ricardo’s Dream by Nat Dyer
Nat Dyer’s excellent book takes a deep dive into what lies behind simple economic theories and simple models, and their impact on the real world.
Mar 31, 2025
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Chris Lang
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Investigative report on the Yaeda-Eyasi Landscape REDD project in Tanzania: “This is a new form of colonialism”
"Very few Hadzabe understand the carbon project.”
Dec 20, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Colonial conservation at work: Mangrove replanting in Sénégal for carbon offsets
The Senegalese villagers who did most of the work saw about 5% of the money.
Sep 3, 2024
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Chris Lang
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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.
Apr 26, 2024
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Chris Lang
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