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Why not put a carbon tax on aviation rather than relying on REDD offsets? Because a tax lacks “environmental integrity”, says ICAO’s Jane Hupe
Last week, REDD-Monitor looked at the aviation industry’s plans to offset its ever-growing emissions using REDD credits. Kevin Conrad and the Coalition for Rainforest Nations are behind the plan. It’s supported by nine mainly US-based NGOs. And it’s opposed by more than 80 NGOs internationally.
More than 80 NGOs oppose aviation sector’s carbon offsetting plans
Air travel has increased rapidly in recent decades, resulting in ever more greenhouse gas emissions from flying. Yet the aviation sector was nowhere to been seen the UN’s Paris Agreement agreed at the end of last year. Instead the UN International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is planning “carbon neutral” growth from 2020. ICAO plans to…
WWF launches a Forest Solutions Platform. REDD is the least popular “solution”
On 21 March 2016, to mark International Forests Day, WWF launched a Forest Solutions Platform. The website lists 13 solutions to deforestation. “This platform is designed to create a space for dialogue, learning and sharing different viewpoints so that we can co-create solutions,” WWF writes.
How the Asian Development Bank changed its tune on REDD: From “huge potential benefit from REDD+” to “considerable uncertainty about the actual contribution that REDD will make”
At the beginning of May 2016, the Asian Development Bank will be holding its 49th Annual Meeting. The meeting will take place in Frankfurt, Germany. Over the next few weeks, a mini-series of REDD-Monitor posts will look at the ADB’s involvement in REDD, and its record in the forests of Asia.