The IPCC’s climate change report on the impacts of 1.5°C global warming tells us we have to reduce emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, and 100% by 2050.
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New UNFCCC video “Keep calm and offset”. Or how we will lose the fight against climate chaos
The UNFCCC recently released a video titled “Keep calm and offset”. The basic premise is that we don’t need to stop driving, flying, or eating meat. We just need to buy carbon credits.
Threats. Violence. Criminalisation. Murder. The reality for Indigenous Peoples and local communities protecting lands and forests
“A global crisis is unfolding. The rapid expansion of development projects on indigenous lands without their consent is driving a drastic increase in violence and legal harassment against Indigenous Peoples.”
The aviation industry’s plans for the climate: Cooking the books and the planet
In June 2018, the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) approved rules and standards for its planned carbon trading scheme, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). We are sleepwalking into a climate disaster.
The aviation industry must drop its plans for carbon offsets and biofuels
From 11 to 29 June 2018, the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is meeting in Montreal. Among the topics to be discussed are the rules for the aviation industry’s plans to carry on polluting while offsetting its emissions through its carbon trading scam, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation…