A company called London Prestige Capital is cold calling people who have been scammed into buying carbon credits and offering them an exit strategy. For an advance fee. If they contact you, I would suggest contacting Action Fraud.
Author: Chris Lang
Biodiversity offsetting in action: Bulldoze the UK’s ancient woodlands? No problem, just plant some trees
The Right Honourable Owen Paterson MP is the UK’s Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Commenting on his appointment in 2012, George Monbiot described it as “a declaration of war on the environment”.
Global carbon markets have shrunk in value by 60% since 2011
In 2011, carbon markets traded a total of €96 billion worth of pollution allowances and carbon credits. In 2012, the figure was €62 billion. In 2013, it fell to €38.4 billion. The price of EUAs (EU Allowances) has fallen from €18 in 2011 to €5.
Forced eviction by Kenya threatens indigenous communities’ human rights and ancestral forests
Forest Peoples Programme reports that police troops in Kenya have been sent to the Embobut forest to evict thousands of indigenous Sengwer and Cherangany communities.
REDD-Monitor’s top ten posts in 2013
In 2013 the top story on REDD-Monitor was the carbon credits as investments scam. All of the top ten posts on REDD-Monitor were about this story, which involves companies (largely UK-based) pushing carbon credits onto unwary retail investors.