The World Bank and Nicaragua have agreed to cancel the Emission Reductions Programme under the Bank’s Carbon Fund.
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How the Green Climate Fund is undermining Nicaraguan Indigenous and Afro-Descendant communities’ struggle for land and Saneamiento
In November 2020, the Green Climate Fund approved a REDD project in Nicaragua that risks conflict, criminalisation and repression of critical voices.

“Malthus in Smith clothing”: Robert Fletcher’s critique of The Dasgupta Review
Robert Fletcher at Wageningen University has written a much-needed critique of the Dasgupta Review in the Journal of Political Ecology.

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.

Greenpeace on Carbon Dioxide Removal and REDD: “The experience has been more often negative than positive”
A new Greenpeace reports looks at corporate plans for Carbon Dioxide Removal – and includes a look at the experiences of forest sinks and carbon markets.