There is an equation to illustrate that carbon offsets do not reduce emissions: 1 – 1 = 0. Most people can understand this. If emissions are reduced in one place (-1) but through the sales of carbon credits emissions are allowed to continue somewhere else (+1) the overall result is zero. Unfortunately, IDEAcarbon does not…
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Protests in Chiapas against REDD: “Stop the land grabs!”
Villagers from Chiapas protested against REDD and the Green Economy during the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force meeting this week in Chiapas. Protesters played drums and chanted: “We do not want REDD;” “Here, there, the struggle will continue;” and “Zapata lives, the struggle continues”.
Dan Nepstad: “Greenpeace report threatens climate change mitigation and tropical forests”
Dan Nepstad is Director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM). For decades he has studied land use, forest, fire and climate, focussing on the Amazon. He is dedicated to saving the Amazon rainforest. So why on earth is he accusing Greenpeace of threatening climate change mitigation and tropical forests?
Greenpeace criticises the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force for its “fixation with creating a new set of offsets for California’s industrial polluters”
A new report by Greenpeace critiques the Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force for its promotion of REDD as a sub-national offset mechanism, that will allow pollution in California to continue.
People’s Forum Against REDD+ in Chiapas, Mexico
This week, in parallel to the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force that is meeting in Chiapas, Mexico, REDDelion-CHIAPAS is hosting a people’s forum against REDD.