Recently Gabon became the first African government to be paid for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. But deforestation increased.
Category: Norway
Peru’s new REDD deal with Norway, Germany, the UK and the USA. Much ado about nothing
Peru’s new REDD deal involves no commitments of new money from Norway, Germany, the UK, or the USA.
The Green Gigaton Challenge: Bringing REDD back from the dead, using Norway’s oil money to “grease the wheels”
By Chris Lang Thomson Reuters Foundation recently reported that, “Norway is doubling the price it guarantees developing nations to keep their tropical forests standing, in a step to slow catastrophic losses and encourage big companies to invest far more in nature to combat climate change.”
Oil, corruption and lies in the Republic of Congo
By Chris Lang In September 2019, the President of the Republic of Congo, Dénis Sassou Nguesso, flew to Paris to meet Emmanuel Macron, France’s President. Macron signed a letter of intent committing US$65 million to the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) to protect the Republic of Congo’s forests.
The Swedish Energy Agency has stopped buying carbon credits from Green Resources’ destructive plantations in Uganda
By Chris Lang The Swedish Energy Agency has cancelled its contract to buy carbon credits from Green Resources. The Swedish Energy Agency has finally recognised the impacts that Green Resources’ industrial tree plantations have on local communities in Kachung in Uganda.