Carbon colonialism: New report by the Oakland Institute documents the ongoing impacts of Green Resources’ industrial tree plantations on local communities in Uganda.
Category: Norway
Norway’s REDD success narrative is fake: The case of the Kondoa Irangi REDD+ Project in Tanzania
The Kondoa Irangi REDD+ Project covers an area of 56,291 hectares in Kondoa district in north-central Tanzania. The project was carried out from 2010 to 2014 by the African Wildlife Foundation, with support from the Tanzanian Government and the Royal Norwegian Embassy.
Opening up 4.6 million hectares to mining in Brazil is the “biggest attack on the Amazon of the last 50 years”. So why do Norway and Germany still describe REDD in Brazil as a “success”?
“Norway remains a proud partner to Brazil on reducing deforestation, and considers this partnership a great success.” “Around half of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions are caused by changes in land use and deforestation. In order to reduce global emissions, the UN climate finance model REDD+ was developed. The Brazilian Amazon Fund is considered a successful…
How Norway’s oil and gas plans undermine the Paris Agreement
Norway’s parliament recently approved a plan to become carbon neutral by 2030. But it’s obvious really that Norway’s claims to be addressing climate change are meaningless if at the same time the country continues drilling for oil and gas. A new report from Oil Change International documents Norway’s cognitive dissonance on climate change.
Saving rainforests by cutting down trees? Controversy over logging plans in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Controversy over Norway and France’s logging proposals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.