COP28

AI climate hopium is going to burn the planet

Far from solving the climate crisis, AI is making it worse.

Apr 25 •

“Putting a price on nature opens the door to its financialisation, not its protection”

An excellent podcast by African Futures Lab, featuring international human rights lawyer Meghna Abraham.

Apr 7 •

The Tropical Forests Forever Facility: “The worst conservation fund ever?”

Another false solution for tropical forests.

Mar 21 •

Using carbon credits to close coal plants will not deliver climate benefits

“Promotion of carbon credits for financing coal phaseouts is misguided and unfortunate.”

Dec 2, 2024 •

Article 6: A loophole that risks undermining the Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement is already a “fraud”. Carbon trading will make it worse.

Jan 31, 2024 •

“If no one had ever said, ‘Plant a trillion trees,’ I think we’d have been in a lot better space”

Says Thomas Crowther, AKA Mr. Trillion Trees himself

Dec 21, 2023 •

ONE Amazon’s US$1 trillion plan for the Amazon basin

Crypto, blockchain, 750 million hectares, WWF, Goldman Sachs, what could possibly go wrong?

Dec 18, 2023 •

The good news from COP28: The failure to agree on Article 6 carbon markets

Everything else is bad news

Dec 14, 2023 •

The claim that “Carbon credits could generate US$82 billion” per year in Africa is based on a made in the USA fairy tale

Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, keeps telling us that Africa could earn US$82 billion a year from carbon…

Dec 11, 2023 •

Papua New Guinea signs a new carbon deal with Blue Carbon LLC at COP28

Meanwhile the PNG Environmental Alliance put out a statement on the problems with the country's regulatory framework for carbon markets.

Dec 7, 2023 •

Ten reasons to abolish the carbon offsets industry

SOMO adds its voice to those demanding an end to carbon offsets and a greater focus on real climate action.

Dec 6, 2023 •

Stop carbon offsetting now!

Statement from 12 environmental, Indigenous Peoples, climate justice, and human rights organisations.

Dec 4, 2023 •

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