In December 2012, Paul Mark Green set up a company that claimed to provide an exit strategy for people conned into buying carbon credits as investments. For a fee, of course.
Author: Chris Lang
Don’t plant trees to address climate change. Instead, leave fossil fuels in the ground
Last week, the New York Times published an article that argues that, “The science says that spending precious dollars for climate change mitigation on forestry is high-risk”. It is written by Nadine Unger, an assistant professor of atmospheric chemistry at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University.
Gangster Squad, the FCPF and the Carbon Fund
Gangster Squad is a film set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s. The Police Chief decides to set up a special unit to fight gangster Mickey Cohen. The six members of the police vigilante “Gangster Squad” carry guns but no badges.
The strange story of Sovereign Green Global Australia, Green Giant Venture Fund, Astra Resources and a REDD project in Papua New Guinea
Sovereign Green Global, Green Giant Venture Fund, Astra Resources, and a REDD project in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Results-based payments for REDD, but cash on the nail for Climate Advisers
Climate Advisers is a Washington-based think tank. As an anonymous Guest Post on REDD-Monitor revealed last week, it’s the think tank behind the New York Declaration on forests, set to be launched at the UN Climate Summit in New York next week.