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New study finds that it would be better to leave fossil fuels in the ground rather than attempting to offset ever-increasing emissions
Tree planting is a false solution to the climate crisis. And there just isn't enough land to offset emissions from burning fossil fuels.
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Chris Lang
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TotalEnergies abandons its carbon plantations in the Republic of Congo
Foreign staff working on the Batéké Carbon Sink have left the country.
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Chris Lang
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Petition launched in solidarity with communities in Marudi district, Sarawak who are opposing Samling’s carbon credit land grab
Communities from 15 villages say the project infringes their Native Customary Rights.
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Chris Lang
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Friends of the Earth new report on biodiversity and climate crises: “REDD is not an effective climate solution”
Governments and corporations are banking on offsets and are locking in emissions.
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More than 75 Civil Society organisations call on Dutch development bank FMO to stop investing in industrial tree plantations
Plantations are not forests!
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The delusion of meeting the 1.5°C target is based on covering vast areas of the planet in tree plantations
Trading the carbon stored in trees against emissions from burning fossil fuels is insane.
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Chris Lang
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The Tropical Forests Forever Facility: “The worst conservation fund ever?”
Another false solution for tropical forests.
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New report finds that Indonesia’s claim of 90% reduction of deforestation since 2016 is based on “cherry picking” and “exaggerates the…
While deforestation has fallen, serious threats remain.
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Indonesia’s President Prabowo confuses palm oil plantations and rainforests
“Oil palm is a tree, it has leaves, right?”
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ORF documentary investigates Rimba Raya REDD project in Indonesia: “All empty promises”
Villagers have lost their livelihoods and parts of the forest are burning.
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The Guanaré carbon project: How a eucalyptus monoculture in Uruguay is greenwashing Big Polluters
British American Tobacco, easyJet, Ernst & Young, Lavazza, and Nivea have all bought carbon credits from the Guanaré project.
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Woody biomass is a false climate solution and a massive threat to Indonesia’s forests
A new report highlights the threat to Indonesia’s forests from industrial biomass demand.
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