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“Science-based decision-making entails making rapid, dramatic, and sustained emission reductions” not CO₂ removals and offsets
Civil society open letter to the Science-Based Targets Initiative.
Sep 25
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Chris Lang
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Billionaires aren’t going to save the planet: The Bezos Earth Fund, AI, and carbon offsets
A recent report by Grain highlights the conflicts of interest and promotion of carbon offsets in the Bezos Earth Fund.
Sep 19
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Chris Lang
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Carbify: Tree planting; An online game; The blockchain; A crypto coin; and NFTrees
And probably the best Queen cover version ever: “I want to buy trees”.
Mar 5
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Chris Lang
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Why the Science Based Targets initiative should not allow carbon offsets
Statement signed by 29 scientists opposing carbon offsets.
Feb 20
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Chris Lang
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“Various types of carbon credits are ineffective,” says the Science Based Targets initiative
SBTi’s synthesis report on the effectiveness of carbon credits is a “bombshell rebuke to offsets”.
Jul 31, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Why carbon offsetting undermines climate targets
Joint Statement signed by more than 80 civil society organisations.
Jul 2, 2024
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Chris Lang
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More responses to the Science Based Targets initiative decision about including carbon offsets: “ineffective, harmful even, to the climate…
Two letters opposing carbon offsets and one from a carbon trading lobby organisation in favour.
Jun 20, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Science Based Targets initiative and carbon offsets: “This isn’t a science-based decision”
And the role of the Bezos Earth Fund.
Apr 16, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Joe Romm: “Carbon offsets are unscalable, unjust, and unfixable - and a threat to the Paris Agreement”
Romm's white paper is published by the University of Pennsylvania Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media.
Jun 29, 2023
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Chris Lang
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