Rainforest Foundation UK and US letter to the World Bank ahead of tomorrow’s meeting to decide whether to approve DRC’s Mai Ndombe REDD programme.
Author: Chris Lang
California’s forest offsets do not address climate change
A recent paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment asks, “Are forest offsets an effective way to address climate change, and do they provide other benefits?”
Thorn Medical: “The company is not in a position to meet its financial obligations and therefore must be wound up”
Thorn Medical has written to shareholders to tell them that the company is insolvent and will be placed in voluntary liquidation. Thorn Medical is a healthcare company, founded in July 2014 by Jack Kaye. In 2015, the company announced that it was planning a £350 million listing on the London Stock Exchange. A listing on…
How Norway’s oil and gas plans undermine the Paris Agreement
Norway’s parliament recently approved a plan to become carbon neutral by 2030. But it’s obvious really that Norway’s claims to be addressing climate change are meaningless if at the same time the country continues drilling for oil and gas. A new report from Oil Change International documents Norway’s cognitive dissonance on climate change.
Saving rainforests by cutting down trees? Controversy over logging plans in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Controversy over Norway and France’s logging proposals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.