In August 2016, James Francis Byrne was sentenced to 11 years in jail for his role in a scam selling carbon credits as investments. In December 2020, the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction.
Court of Appeal: Andrew Ager’s behaviour as an expert witness was “egregious”. But that doesn’t mean that carbon scammers are innocent
In December 2020, at the Court of Appeal, seven carbon scammers appealed their convictions. Andrew Ager was expert witness in their trials.
Cancelled: Mexico’s World Bank FCPF Carbon Fund programme
Mexico’s Emission Reductions Programme under the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility has been cancelled.
Nicaragua’s World Bank FCPF Carbon Fund programme cancelled
The World Bank and Nicaragua have agreed to cancel the Emission Reductions Programme under the Bank’s Carbon Fund.
How the Green Climate Fund is undermining Nicaraguan Indigenous and Afro-Descendant communities’ struggle for land and Saneamiento
In November 2020, the Green Climate Fund approved a REDD project in Nicaragua that risks conflict, criminalisation and repression of critical voices.