In January 2021, the Treasury Committee on Economic Crime held a meeting, that includes a must read exchange between Angela Eagle, Labour MP for Wallasey, and Graeme Biggar, Director-General, National Economic Crime Centre.
Author: Chris Lang
Coronavirus notes #7: How the Colombian government is rolling back social and environment safeguards during the pandemic
By Chris Lang Last week, Forest Peoples Programme put out a series of reports looking at the following question: To what extent have government in the world’s five most forested tropical countries rolled back on social and environmental safeguards and what are the consequences of this for Indigenous Peoples and their territories?
Peru cancels its World Bank FCPF Carbon Fund programme
Peru failed to meet a deadline to sign an Emission Reductions Payment Agreement with the World Bank.
The World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility’s latest hot air scam: Retroactive credits
The World Bank’s FCPF recently changed its rules to allow governments to sell REDD credits from before emission reductions programmes even started.
Some questions for Frithjof Finkbeiner, founder of Plant-for-the-Planet
REDD-Monitor’s questions for Frithjof and Felix Finkbeiner about Plant-for-the-Planet’s claims about its tree planting operations in Mexico.