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The Kariba REDD project reveals a “deep structural flaw” in Verra’s carbon credit programme
Analysis by CarbonPlan shows that Verra’s proposed solution to Kariba’s “excess credits” simply does not work.
Nov 3
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Chris Lang
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Carbon Negative: A theatre performance that exposes climate colonialism
Next performance in Hamburg, 17 and 18 October 2025.
Oct 6
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Chris Lang
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Isangi REDD project: “Emissions reductions were likely short-lived if they occurred at all”
Verra has frozen the buffer pool carbon credits from the project.
Oct 3
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Chris Lang
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15.2 million fake carbon credits were sold from the Kariba REDD project according to Verra
Almost two years after suspending the project, Verra has completed its carbon accounting review. The quality control review is still ongoing.
Oct 2
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Chris Lang
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What has happened to Verra’s “investigation” into the Kariba REDD project in Zimbabwe?
19 months after starting its “investigation”, Verra remains silent.
May 30
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Chris Lang
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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.
Nov 22, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Carbon Green Investments to withdraw the Kariba REDD project from Verra’s registry
How did Verra allow the project to remain on its registry for so long?
Jun 3, 2024
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Chris Lang
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The Kariba REDD project, Zimbabwe: “The community is complaining because they are not seeing money trickle down”
The Guardian reports that money from carbon credit sales has not reached local communities.
Mar 18, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Renat Heuberger has resigned as CEO of South Pole
Or how an “environmentalist” turned into a capitalist profiting from the climate crisis.
Nov 16, 2023
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Chris Lang
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South Pole pulls out of the Kariba REDD project in Zimbabwe
But will South Pole reimburse the companies that bought fake carbon credits from the project?
Oct 27, 2023
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Chris Lang
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REDD in tooth and claw: Trophy hunting and the Kariba REDD+ project
Warning: this article includes disturbing photographs.
Oct 17, 2023
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Chris Lang
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“I probably will go to jail,” says Steve Wentzel, the man behind the Kariba REDD+ project in Zimbabwe
New article in The New Yorker by Heidi Blake, “The Great Cash-for-Carbon Hustle”.
Oct 16, 2023
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Chris Lang
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