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“Worse than doing nothing”: Shell’s REDD offsets in Indonesia and Peru

Posted on 19 November 202019 November 2020

By Chris Lang Shell promises drivers in Denmark that they can become “CO2 neutral” when they buy carbon offsets with the petrol on sale in Shell’s petrol stations. Recently, three investigative journalists with the Danish newspaper Politiken spoke to a series of experts who point out that customers cannot trust Shell’s forest conservation promises. Morten…

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REDD notes: 16 November 2020

REDD notes: 16 November 2020

Posted on 17 November 202017 November 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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REDD notes: 9 November 2020

Posted on 9 November 202010 November 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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New Greenpeace report exposes VW’s REDD carbon offset sham. The Katingan REDD project faces problems of additionality, permanence, leakage, land conflicts, and (of course) an unverifiable, counterfactual baseline

Posted on 8 November 20208 November 2020

By Chris Lang A new report by Greenpeace investigates VW’s “climate neutral” production claims for its new ID series of electric cars. Greenpeace concludes that VW has done too little to reduce its CO2 emissions, and that the carbon credits bought from the Katingan REDD project in Indonesia are neither additional nor permanent. VW’s claims…

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World Rainforest Movement: “Say NO to Green Climate Fund money for REDD in Nicaragua!”

Posted on 3 November 20203 November 2020

By Chris Lang World Rainforest Movement has written an Open Letter calling on Board members of the Green Climate Fund to reject the US$60 million funding request submitted by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration on behalf of the Nicaraguan government. Organisations can sign the Open Letter before Friday, 6 November 2020.

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