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Big Tech’s false solution to ever increasing greenhouse gas emissions? You guessed it, carbon credits
“It’s problematic to trade forest carbon for fossil fuel emissions.”
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Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market approves three REDD methodologies. Risk of millions of credits that are “non-additional…
The Oeko-Institute has withdrawn from the ICVCM. Two members of the Expert Panel have resigned.
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Biodiversity offsets and credits: “ecological impacts, land dispossession, loss of livelihoods and systematic violations of individual and…
A neoliberal market that commodifies nature and delays action on the loss of biodiversity globally. What’s not to like?
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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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Greenpeace accuses UN Deputy Secretary-General of greenwashing an “ecocidal oil permit” in Conkouati-Douli National Park in the Republic of…
Last month Congolese human rights and environmental NGOs called on donors to suspend funding of Conkouati-Douli until the oil permit is cancelled.
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Trees for Global Benefits: “Climate neutral” burgers in Sweden. Starvation in Uganda
A new investigation by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet exposes the inequity of carbon offsetting.
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Apple claims that its new Apple Watch is carbon neutral. It’s not
“It’s more stuff, and more stuff always leaves a mark.”
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New report reveals that a majority of the board members of big conservation NGOs are linked to the finance industry
"The finance industry’s mission is profit – including from the financialisation of conservation"
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Africa Carbon Markets Initiative: “A disincentive to progress in cutting down on emissions”
ACMI will help corporations to greenwash their pollution. It will not help address the climate crisis
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Violent evictions at the Alto Mayo REDD project in Peru
Verra describes Alto Mayo as a “good example” of a project that provides “a lifeline to communities”.
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Blue carbon is “uncertain” and “unreliable” says new report
Mangrove forests store vast amounts of carbon, particularly in the sediments below the mangroves.
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Conservation International admits failures in its Alto Mayo Protected Forest REDD project in Peru. But uses the failures as part of its…
A recent paper in the journal World Development includes a case study of the Alto Mayo Protected Forest.
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