EasyJet is buying carbon credits from the Madre de Dios Amazon REDD Project in Peru. The REDD project is run by two logging companies.
The Brazilian Amazon is a carbon source not a sink
A new paper in Nature Climate Change found that the Brazilian Amazon released more carbon than it stored between 2010 to 2019.
Switzerland’s offsetting deal with Peru excludes REDD. It will still not reduce emissions
In October 2020, Peru and Switzerland signed a carbon offsetting deal. It excludes REDD, but it will not reduce emissions globally.
Plant-for-the-Planet: dubious organisational structure, controversial scientific foundation, a lack of professional support, and the failure to verify tree-planting reports
Felix Finkbeiner, the 23-year-old tree-planting wunderkind, and his organisation Plant-for-the-Planet are in the news again.
CBD Alliance urges rejection of draft Global Biodiversity Framework, including 30% protection target: “Major step backwards in global biodiversity policy”
CBD Alliance letter opposing the Zero Draft Global Biodiversity Framework and 30×30.