By Chris Lang A new documentary, “Carbon Crooks”, will be broadcast on 9 September 2013 in Denmark. The film is directed by Tom Heinemann and documents the failure of carbon trading to address climate change and investigates some of the fraud in the carbon markets.
Tag: Carbon Offsets
“Appropriate market based mechanisms cannot include trading carbon as offsets”: Accra Caucus intervention during UN REDD finance workshop
Last week a UN meeting on results based finance for REDD took place in Bonn, Germany. “Workshop on results-based finance for the full implementation of the activities referred to in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70”, to give it its full title. The aim of the UN work programme on REDD finance is to “contribute to the…
Clean development mechanism: zombie projects, zero emissions reductions and almost worthless carbon credits
Last week, the clean development mechanism registered its 7,000th project. At a first glance, the statistics look impressive. Over a 10 year period, the CDM has issued 1.3 billion carbon credits, added 110,000 Mega Watts of renewable energy and seen US$215 billion invested in low carbon projects in the Global South.
“Carbon Discredited”: New report on Envirotrade’s N’hambita carbon project in Mozambique
Does the N’hambita carbon project in Sofala province in Mozambique live up to its reputation? That’s the question posed by a new report published by FERN and Friends of the Earth France. The report finds that the project, which is run by a company called Envirotrade, has “failed to deliver most of its climate change,…
Joan Carling on REDD: NGOs are “imposing their ideological views” on indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples have the right to a process of free, prior and informed consent before they decide whether or not a REDD project should be implemented on their territory. This principle is enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.