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New research finds that Verra’s buffer pool for REDD projects is way too small
“The numbers aren’t actually based on any science, as far as anyone can tell.”
Jul 7
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Chris Lang
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New research finds that Verra’s buffer pool for REDD projects is way too small
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“Answered in the documents:” How Paul Rowett, co-founder of Toco, avoided answering REDD-Monitor’s questions
Toco, digital currency, carbon credits, fossil fuels, consumerism, and capitalism.
May 15
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Chris Lang
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“Answered in the documents:” How Paul Rowett, co-founder of Toco, avoided answering REDD-Monitor’s questions
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Bolivia’s US$1.2 billion forest carbon deal is a false solution
The deal is being set up by a company with zero experience in forest carbon in a country where wildfires tore through 10 million hectares in 2024.
Apr 11
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Chris Lang
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Bolivia’s US$1.2 billion forest carbon deal is a false solution
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Marudi Indigenous communities oppose Samling’s carbon project in Sarawak, Malaysia
“This is a new method of land grabbing for us.”
Mar 3
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Chris Lang
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Marudi Indigenous communities oppose Samling’s carbon project in Sarawak, Malaysia
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Toco: A cryptocurrency backed by carbon offsets. What could possibly go wrong?
Paying for stuff using a cryptocurrency based on carbon offsets will not address the climate crisis.
Feb 14
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Chris Lang
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Toco: A cryptocurrency backed by carbon offsets. What could possibly go wrong?
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Microsoft’s disastrous US$200 million carbon offset deal in Brazil
“CO₂ uptake by trees should not be used to offset fossil fuel emissions.”
Jan 31
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Chris Lang
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Microsoft’s disastrous US$200 million carbon offset deal in Brazil
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REDD myth no. 5: “Carbon offsets reduce emissions”
The reality is that to achieve real emissions reductions, carbon offsetting has to end.
Nov 5, 2024
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Chris Lang
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REDD myth no. 5: “Carbon offsets reduce emissions”
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Nike’s non-additional carbon credits from 2006 have found a new life. In ACR’s buffer pool
Old carbon credits never die.
Nov 1, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Nike’s non-additional carbon credits from 2006 have found a new life. In ACR’s buffer pool
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Big Polluters are buying cheap, old, junk carbon offsets
A new study shows that 87% of offsets retired by companies like Shell, Delta Airlines, Chevron, and Eni carry a high risk of not providing emissions…
Aug 28, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Big Polluters are buying cheap, old, junk carbon offsets
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Civil society statement on biodiversity offsets and credits
“A wrong answer to the wrong question.”
Jul 22, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Civil society statement on biodiversity offsets and credits
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Voluntary carbon markets: “decades of misrepresentation, mismanagement, and fraud”
Public Citizen’s comment on CFTC’s draft guidance on carbon credits is spot on.
Feb 23, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Voluntary carbon markets: “decades of misrepresentation, mismanagement, and fraud”
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“Problems under every stone we turned.” New report on REDD by the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project finds massive exaggerations of emissions…
“REDD+ is ill-suited to the generation of carbon credits for use as offsets.”
Sep 15, 2023
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Chris Lang
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“Problems under every stone we turned.” New report on REDD by the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project finds massive exaggerations of emissions reductions
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