The Financial Conduct Authority has charged five people with conspiracy to defraud. They are accused of promoting investment schemes in Madeira through a series of boiler room companies. The companies allegedly took about £2.75 million from 175 investors.
Author: Chris Lang
Sign the petition: “No aviation growth! No false climate solutions!”
The International Civil Aviation Authority is currently considering how it can continue to expand while appearing to address greenhouse gas emissions from flying. Predictably, for a massively polluting industry with huge plans to expand, buying cheap offsets looks very attractive.
Guest Post: From the chaos of REDD-plus towards the Bonn Challenge’s maze
Yvette Aguilar is an expert and adviser on the issue of climate change of El Salvador Round-Table and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in El Salvador. She submitted this Guest Post looking at the way proponents are recycling REDD under a range of different labels.
World Bank on REDD in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “Rome wasn’t built in a day”
Today is the second and final day of the Oslo REDD Exchange. Yesterday’s post featured the World Bank’s Paula Caballero demonstrating that she has perfected the art of speaking for 10 minutes without actually saying anything much.
World Bank on REDD: “We have made great achievements in 2015 and we’re now focussing on implementation”
This week sees the Oslo REDD Exchange 2016. Previous REDD Exchanges took place in 2011 and 2013, and almost 500 people are attending the third REDD Exchange. The presentations are being live-streamed and posted on Norad’s YouTube account.