By Chris Lang In December 2019, the governments of Colombia, Norway, Germany, and the UK signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on REDD and promoting sustainable development in Colombia. In August 2020, Ricardo José Lozano Picón, Colombia’s minister for Environment and Sustainable Development wrote to Mary Grady at Winrock International, to tell her that Colombia…
REDD notes: 7 September 2020
By Chris Lang This week’s REDD notes. Follow @reddmonitor on Twitter for more links to news about forests, the climate crisis, natural climate solutions, the oil industry, greenwash, carbon offsetting, etc.
Global Forest Coalition: “Has REDD been worth the money?”
By Chris Lang REDD was launched at the UNFCCC level during COP11 in Montreal. Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica presented an 11-page proposal for REDD. That was back in 2005. This week, Global Forest Coalition launched a briefing that looks at the past 15 years of REDD, and asks whether REDD has been worth…
Open letter to the Convention on Biodiversity: 30% target for protected areas is counterproductive, and will lead to evictions and displacement of Indigenous Peoples
By Chris Lang One of the key proposals for the next Convention on Biodiversity meeting is to increase the area of the planet covered by protected areas to 30% by 2030. The meeting was planned for October 2020, but was postponed because of the coronavirus. It is now planned for May 2021, in Kunming, China….
Banking on Nature: HSBC partners with Pollination for US$6 billion “natural capital” investment
By Chris Lang HSBC Global Asset Management and Pollination Group have announced a series of planned billion-dollar funds targetting “natural capital”. The new venture will be called HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management and aims to raise US$6 billion from institutional investors. But handing over conservation to bankers and neoliberal economists will be a disaster for…