Last week, City of London Police arrested six men as part of an investigation into a suspected “boiler room” based in London’s Square Mile and selling carbon credits.
Author: Chris Lang
Almost half of Norway’s climate and forest aid remains unspent
In 2007, at the UN climate negotiations in Bali, Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced his ambitious plans to save tropical forests. Six years later, Norway has disbursed more than US$1.4 billion but almost half of that remains unspent.
Harrison Ford upsets Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry by asking him about … deforestation
Zulkifli Hasan, Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry, made the headlines last week when he said he was “shocked” by 71-year-old actor Harrison Ford’s questions about deforestation. Perhaps Zulkifli had forgotten the scale of the problem in Indonesia.
Indonesia’s REDD+ Agency “will not be able to take any actions” says Ministry of Forestry Secretary General
On 2 September 2013, Indonesia established its REDD+ Agency. As with just about everything else to with REDD in Indonesia (with the exception of the dozens of REDD workshops that have taken place in Jakarta’s luxury hotels), the process of setting up the REDD+ Agency was delayed.
Is there a link between Wellz Zable and Carbon Neutral Investments?
Wellz Zable is another company based in London that is selling carbon credits as investments. “Carbon credits provide investors with a unique opportunity to become involved in an innovative and rapidly growing asset class,” the company claims on its website, “whilst also helping to mitigate the worlds emission of carbon dioxide.”