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Legal victory for Indigenous pastoralists in Kenya
A major blow to the Northern Rangelands Trust’s Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon project.
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Chris Lang
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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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Chris Lang
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ORF documentary visits the Northern Rangelands Trust project in Kenya: “We have not seen any money from CO₂ funds”
“Obviously the money from the carbon credits was misappropriated.”
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Chris Lang
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ORF documentary investigates the Katingan REDD project in Indonesia: “We are no longer allowed to use the forest. We are no longer allowed…
The REDD project prevents villagers from growing crops on their land.
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Chris Lang
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Carbon Market Watch files a complaint about Verra’s “review” of the Southern Cardamom REDD project in Cambodia
The complaint has been submitted to the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Market.
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Chris Lang
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Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market approves three REDD methodologies. Risk of millions of credits that are “non-additional…
The Oeko-Institute has withdrawn from the ICVCM. Two members of the Expert Panel have resigned.
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Chris Lang
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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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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.
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Chris Lang
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Gabriel Labbate’s carbon market fallacies
The Global Team Leader of the UN-REDD programme at UNEP is promoting a false solution to the climate crisis.
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Chris Lang
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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
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Verra has sacked one-quarter of its staff
Do say, “restructuring”, “realigning”, “streamlining”. Don't say, “sacked”, “fired”, “laid off”.
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Chris Lang
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Conflicts of interest and Verra’s cancellation of 5 million C-Quest cookstove carbon credits
Verra’s system is riddled with conflicts of interest.
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Chris Lang
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