This morning in Stockholm, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first part of its fifth assessment report (AR5). “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal,” the IPCC states in its Summary for Policymakers.
No one investing in carbon credits has made any money: Financial Conduct Authority survey
No one investing in carbon credits has made any money. That’s the conclusion of a survey by the Financial Conduct Authority. “[M]any investors have told us they are not able to sell or trade the carbon credits they have bought,” FCA states on its website.
No REDD in Africa Network Maputo Statement: “REDD does not reduce emissions, REDD does not halt deforestation”
In August 2013, the No REDD in Africa Network met in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. The members of the Network, which was launched at the World Social Forum earlier this year, produced a short statement, posted in full below.
City of London Police arrest six men as part of investigation into boiler room carbon credit operations
Last week, City of London Police arrested six men as part of an investigation into a suspected “boiler room” based in London’s Square Mile and selling carbon credits.
Almost half of Norway’s climate and forest aid remains unspent
In 2007, at the UN climate negotiations in Bali, Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced his ambitious plans to save tropical forests. Six years later, Norway has disbursed more than US$1.4 billion but almost half of that remains unspent.