Yesterday in Jakarta, a coalition of NGOs held a press conference to demand that the Indonesian government takes meaningful action to protect Indonesia’s remaining forests. Among their demands is that the two-year moratorium on new forest concessions should be extended beyond May 2013.
The Point of No Return: How Indonesia’s coal mining expansion is accelerating climate change
Indonesia is the world’s largest exporter of coal for power stations. The government is planning new infrastructure, including a US$2.8 billion railway, to help increase exports even further. How does this fit with the same government’s promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Obviously, it doesn’t.
FERN on REDD at COP18, Doha: “A proliferation of work programmes, processes and technical issues”
By Chris Lang Little progress was made on REDD during the UN climate meetings in Doha at the end of last year. Negotiations ground to a halt over a disagreement between Brazil and Norway about the verification of emission reductions from forests.
Norway, REDD and corruption in DR Congo: “Risks of corruption will threaten the implementation of REDD+ in DRC”
Corruption is a serious problem in DR Congo. But is the best way to deal with it quietly behind the scenes, or publicly?
How much does a carbon credit cost? “There is no such thing as a generic price,” says ClimateCare’s Edward Hanrahan
By Chris Lang In November 2012, the BBC broadcast a programme about a company called Enviro Associates that is selling voluntary carbon credits as an investment. Enviro Associates was offering carbon credits for sale at a price of £5.50 each.