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REDD myth no. 8: Putting a price on carbon makes polluters pay
It’s burning fossil fuels that is driving the climate crisis, not the lack of a price on carbon.
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REDD myth no. 7: “Carbon markets can be fixed”
“The offset industry, riddled with conflicts of interest, is not fixable."
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REDD myth no. 6: “Carbon markets are climate finance”
The reality is that carbon markets are diverting money away from the Global South.
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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.
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REDD myth no. 4: REDD will be quick and cheap
In December 2007, Norway’s then-prime minister Jens Stoltenberg launched Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI).
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REDD myth no. 3: To address climate change we have to reduce emissions from deforestation
“We have to reduce emissions from deforestation if we’re to prevent catastrophic climate change,” WWF argues on its website. At a first glance, it seems…
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REDD myth no. 2: Sustainable Forest Management
Myth: Sustainable forest management will reduce emissions from forests and bring sustainable development.
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REDD myth no. 1: Deforestation accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions
Myth: “Deforestation accounts for 25 percent of all man-made emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.”
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REDD+ and carbon markets: Ten Myths Exploded
In June 2011, FERN, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the Rainforest Foundation UK produced a report which counters some of the misconceptions about…
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Forest carbon trading exposed in new FoEI report
A new report by Friends of the Earth International published today takes a critical look at REDD.
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