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“Many of the most popular offset project types feature intractable quality problems”
The “most comprehensive review of evidence” finds that carbon offsets just don't work.
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Chris Lang
A proposal for funding nature-based climate solutions without carbon markets
A recent paper highlights some of the problems with carbon offset projects and suggests an alternative funding mechanism.
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Chris Lang
German court rules that Apple Watch is not “carbon neutral”
Another legal victory for Deutsche Umwelthilfe against corporate greenwash.
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Chris Lang
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.”
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Chris Lang
“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.
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Chris Lang
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.
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Chris Lang
Marudi Indigenous communities oppose Samling’s carbon project in Sarawak, Malaysia
“This is a new method of land grabbing for us.”
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Chris Lang
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.
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Chris Lang
Microsoft’s disastrous US$200 million carbon offset deal in Brazil
“CO₂ uptake by trees should not be used to offset fossil fuel emissions.”
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Chris Lang
REDD myth no. 5: “Carbon offsets reduce emissions”
The reality is that to achieve real emissions reductions, carbon offsetting has to end.
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Chris Lang
Nike’s non-additional carbon credits from 2006 have found a new life. In ACR’s buffer pool
Old carbon credits never die.
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Chris Lang
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…
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Chris Lang
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