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The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy’s fake forest offsets

Posted on 14 December 202015 December 2020

By Chris Lang Last week, Bloomberg Green published a great article about The Nature Conservancy and how it became “a dealer of meaningless carbon offsets”.

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Natural Climate Solutions

“Storage of carbon in plants and soils cannot compensate for emissions of fossil carbon”

Posted on 11 December 202011 December 2020

By Chris Lang Last week, 23 researchers and experts published an article in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter titled, “Misleading and false myths about carbon offsets”. The article was initiated by Researchers Desk, a non-profit association set up in October 2019 in response to Greta Thunberg’s call to “listen to the researchers”.

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Response from Oak Trust: “We do have circa 9.5 mil credits and Brett has been appointed as an agent to market these”

Posted on 11 December 202011 December 2020

By Chris Lang Yesterday, REDD-Monitor wrote about Brett Tremain and his offer of 9.5 million “REDD’s carbon certificates 2012 to 2017 vintages”. Tremain previously worked at a company called Carbon Green Solutions Ltd. The Financial Conduct Authority warned against the company in 2011. Tremain was subsequently banned as a director for his role in a…

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REDD notes: 7 December 2020

Posted on 8 December 20208 December 2020

By Chris Lang This week’s REDD notes. Follow @reddmonitor on Twitter for more links to news about forests, the climate crisis, natural climate solutions, the oil industry, greenwash, carbon offsetting, etc.

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The Green Gigaton Challenge: Bringing REDD back from the dead, using Norway’s oil money to “grease the wheels”

Posted on 3 December 20206 December 2020

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.”

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