In April 2013, Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (FoE ATALC) wrote to California’s Governor, Jerry Brown to oppose REDD offsets in California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32).
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Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth-US, Sierra Club California and 24 other environmental organisations oppose REDD offsets in California’s cap-and-trade scheme
Last week, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth-US, Sierra Club California and 24 other environmental and social groups sent a letter to California’s Governor, Jerry Brown, urging him to keep REDD carbon offsets out of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB-32).
NO REDD in Africa Network opposes inclusion of REDD offsets in California’s cap-and-trade scheme
No REDD in Africa Network: “California, make the historic decision to stop REDD, a false solution to climate change, in in its tracks.”
Naomi Klein: Why aren’t environmental groups divesting from fossil fuels?
“If it’s wrong to wreck the climate, it’s wrong to profit from that wreckage.” That’s the slogan of the Fossil Free Movement, a campaign started by Bill McKibben and 350.org to persuade “educational and religious institutions, city and state governments, and other institutions that serve the public good” to divest from fossil fuels.
Including offsets from Latin America in California’s cap-and-trade plan is a bad idea
The University of Arizona’s Public Political Ecology Lab has produced a series of essays focussing on REDD and California’s cap and trade scheme under the Global Warming Solutions Act, AB-32.