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Indigenous delegation to London demands stronger action from UK government to protect forests and support Indigenous rights
“We are being excluded from COP30 negotiations, but it is our land that has been affected.”
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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.”
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Chris Lang
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Using carbon credits to close coal plants will not deliver climate benefits
“Promotion of carbon credits for financing coal phaseouts is misguided and unfortunate.”
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Chris Lang
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COP29’s “Get out of jail free” card: Article 6 carbon trading mechanisms
“Countries have little incentive not to game the system.”
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Chris Lang
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The great REDD climate illusion
At a press conference at COP29, activists issue a call to end REDD.
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Chris Lang
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COP29 approval of Article 6.4 is “opening the floodgates for a global carbon market that will have devastating impacts on communities in the…
Carbon markets are not climate finance.
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Chris Lang
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Biomass Action Network calls for Real Solutions at COP29
“Carbon markets should, per definition, never be seen as climate finance, as they add nothing.”
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Chris Lang
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“Article 6 is not about saving the planet. The COPs are not about climate change. This is about profit.” Interview with Dr. Tamra Gilbertson…
“Carbon markets fundamentally do not work, period.”
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Chris Lang
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