The November meeting of the REDD+ Partnership in Lima will probably be its last. Despite the fact that the REDD+ Partnership has little to show for four years of meetings, and more than US$6 million spent, a recent assessment report describes it as a “moderate success”.
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A “High-Level Carbon Pricing Dialogue”. Or why polluting industry likes carbon trading
Carbon markets are struggling. There is a huge glut of carbon credits and pollution allowances. Carbon credits created under the clean development mechanism are trading at €0.07 on the EU emissions trading system (ETS).
WWF scandal (part 5): Pandaleaks – The Dark Side of the WWF (now available in English)
Wilfried Huismann’s exposé of WWF, Schwarzbuch WWF became a best-seller in Germany when it was published in 2012. The book has been updated, renamed as Pandaleaks, and is now available in English.
Don’t plant trees to address climate change. Instead, leave fossil fuels in the ground
Last week, the New York Times published an article that argues that, “The science says that spending precious dollars for climate change mitigation on forestry is high-risk”. It is written by Nadine Unger, an assistant professor of atmospheric chemistry at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University.
Gangster Squad, the FCPF and the Carbon Fund
Gangster Squad is a film set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s. The Police Chief decides to set up a special unit to fight gangster Mickey Cohen. The six members of the police vigilante “Gangster Squad” carry guns but no badges.