In October 2020, Peru and Switzerland signed a carbon offsetting deal. It excludes REDD, but it will not reduce emissions globally.
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How to make the climate crisis worse: A story of NFTs, blockchain, and carbon offsets from the REDD Project in Brazil Nut Concessions in Madre de Dios, Peru
By Chris Lang Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs or nifties) hit the headlines last month when Mike Winkelman sold an NFT of a digital artwork for US$69 million at Christie’s. Beeple, as Winkelman calls himself, makes a digital artwork every day. You can see them on his Instagram account – where he has 2.1 million followers.
Coronavirus notes #7: How the Colombian government is rolling back social and environment safeguards during the pandemic
By Chris Lang Last week, Forest Peoples Programme put out a series of reports looking at the following question: To what extent have government in the world’s five most forested tropical countries rolled back on social and environmental safeguards and what are the consequences of this for Indigenous Peoples and their territories?
Peru cancels its World Bank FCPF Carbon Fund programme
Peru failed to meet a deadline to sign an Emission Reductions Payment Agreement with the World Bank.
How REDD greenwashes Glencore’s coal mining operations in Colombia
REDD carbon credits greenwash Glencore’s coal mining in Colombia and allow extractivism to continue.