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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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US$180 million worth of carbon credits for sale to Big Polluters from the state of Pará, Brazil
Prices are backed by the governments of Norway, UK, and US.
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The US Government’s carbon credit wish list
No legally binding guidelines, no enforcement mechanism, no regulation.
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Chico Mendes 30 years on: Against the false solutions of green capitalism
At 5.45 pm on 22 December 1988, Chico Mendes, Brazilian rubber tapper and trade union leader was assassinated in the doorway of his home in Xapuri…
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How California’s cap and trade market undermines environmental justice
Last week, Senator Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) and Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) gave a press conference about a new bill…
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Why did Norway agree to pay US$40 million just before Guyana’s election?
On 8 May 2015, the Government of Guyana put out a press release announcing that Norway had agreed a further US$40 million “for maintaining low…
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Environmental Defense Fund caught REDD-handed
On 7 December 2010, thousands of people in Cancun took part in Via Campesina’s International Day of Action for Climate Justice.
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New Frontline video: “The Carbon Hunters”
In November 2009, investigative journalist Mark Schapiro reported from Brazil’s Atlantic Coast about a project set up by The Nature Conservancy in a…
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Fred Krupp, president of Environment Defense Fund, defends EDF’s cosy corporate partnerships
Rising Tide North America has launched an online campaign, demanding an end to financial and political relationships between big NGOs and Corporate…
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“We must take advantage of low-hanging fruit solutions such as forest conservation”: Interview with Jeff Horowitz
Two interviews with Jeff Horowitz, the founder of Avoided Deforestation Partners, were published earlier this month.
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What came out of Copenhagen on REDD?
After two weeks of wrangling all that came out of COP-15 was the “Copenhagen Accord”.
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Notes from Forest Day 2, Poznan
At the 2007 climate conference in Bali, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) organised a Forest Day.
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