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UNFCCC offering carbon credits to “offset” flights to COP30
Greenhouse gas emissions from flying cannot be “offset” with carbon credits.
Nov 27
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“When the eucalyptus comes everything falls away.” Monoculture eucalyptus plantations to supply charcoal to the steel industry in Brazil are…
A new German documentary exposes the dark side of false climate solutions.
Nov 14
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Chris Lang
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STOP the TFFF now!
World Rainforest Movement has put out a sign on statement to stop the TFFF.
Oct 29
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Chris Lang
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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility: “A fund for wealthy people and Wall Street”
New report from The Corner House on TFFF.
Oct 1
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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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Deforestation from gold mining inside the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility project in the Republic of Congo
The FCPF project was set up with an exaggerated baseline, it ignored the threat of mining, and was rigged to pay money to logging and palm oil…
Jun 3
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Chris Lang
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Offsets discredited. Again
Analysis by SOMO and Data Desk reveals the offset industry’s claims do not stand up.
Apr 9
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Chris Lang
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REDD+ Alert: World Bank discrimination against Indigenous Peoples in the East Kalimantan jurisdictional REDD project
No free, prior informed consent. No benefits. No recognition of Indigenous Peoples' rights.
Mar 27
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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.
Mar 21
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Chris Lang
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The biodiversity funding gap “is a dangerous way to approach debates about what is needed to transform societies to improve nature…
In an interview with Acción Ecológica, Andre Standing explains what’s wrong with the whole idea of a US$700 billion biodiversity funding gap.
Nov 4, 2024
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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.
Oct 24, 2024
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Chris Lang
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The UK’s new climate envoy, Rachel Kyte, imagines carbon as “the currency of the 21st century”
What a £4 million donation to the Labour Party from the Cayman Islands gets you.
Sep 27, 2024
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Chris Lang
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