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Tomorrow’s Tropical Forests Forever Facility meeting is shrouded in secrecy
“Which version is being marketed in Rotterdam?”
 • Chris Lang
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility has raised just over US$2 billion. Almost entirely from Brazil and Indonesia
TFFF is “beleaguered by complications”.
 • Chris Lang
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is based on high risk, not easy profits
Two economists explain what’s wrong with the TFFF investment strategy.
 • Chris Lang
Norway’s Oil Fund is investing in Rio Tinto and South32, mining companies responsible for deforesting large areas of the Amazon rainforest
Norges Bank, which manages the Fund, did not divest despite a recommendation from its Council of Ethics to do so.
 • Chris Lang
Indonesia’s political appointments raise transparency and accountability concerns regarding Norway’s forest funding in the country
Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace are calling for a full audit of Norway’s forest funding in Indonesia.
 • Chris Lang
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.
 • Chris Lang
“Over-issuance of millions of carbon credits”: C-Quest Capital announces “wrongdoing” by its former CEO, Ken Newcombe
At the World Bank, and then in the private sector, Newcombe was one of the major proponents of carbon trading. He also spent 16 years on Verra’s board…
 • Chris Lang
Republic of Congo approves oil exploration in Conkouati-Douli
But there’s only silence from the donors that have poured millions into forest protection in the country.
 • Chris Lang
Sylvera’s carbon credits report greenwashes Big Polluters by failing to look at the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions
While promoting carbon credits and Sylvera’s own services, of course.
 • Chris Lang
Norwegian aid to Climate Advisers ends in “multimillion-dollar dispute”
A recent report in Norway’s Panorama Nyheter investigates a dispute between Norway’s aid agency, Norad, and the Washington DC-based consulting firm…
 • Chris Lang
The harsh reality of 30×30: The EU is keen to allow extractivism in the 30×30 target – but not Indigenous Peoples’ territories
Indigenous People in Montreal for the UN biodiversity meeting, COP15, are demanding that their rights be included in any agreement.
 • Chris Lang
How Indonesia controls the narrative on deforestation under the new REDD deal with Norway
In September 2022, Indonesia and Norway signed another REDD deal.
 • Chris Lang
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