Verra prohibits tokenisation – but only of retired offsets from its registry. A new type of “imobilized” offset can be tokenised.
Tag: Carbon Offsets

Papua New Guinea Environmental Alliance demands proper REDD safeguards and implementation of moratorium on voluntary carbon market REDD projects
Papua New Guinea Environmental Alliance has taken out a full page advertisement highlighting its concerns about the way the government is implementing REDD.

Offsetting is not an option if we are serious about addressing the climate crisis. My response to Hartmut Graßl
Offsetting is not an option: Addressing the climate crisis means leaving fossil fuels underground. Carbon markets allow business, profits, and pollution as usual.

Papua New Guinea Environmental Alliance letter to Pogio Ghate, Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change
Papua New Guinea: Environmental NGOs write to the PNG government about the proposed REDD+ Safeguards regulation.

Ecomapuá Amazon REDD Project, Brazil: Pública investigation reveals Ecomapuá Conservação is selling “illegal” carbon offsets from land it does not own, without transferring the money to local communities
Ecomapuá Amazon REDD Project: A detailed investigation by the Brazilian investigative journalism website Pública reveals a REDD project selling “illegal” carbon offsets from land it does not own.