CDM does not reduce emissions. Leaving fossil fuels in the ground does
CDM proponents reluctantly admit the truth about carbon offsets: they don’t reduce emissions.
Published in WRM Bulletin No. 172, November 2011
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David Nilsson: Carbon Cowboy
22 NovThis year, I have written three posts on REDD-Monitor about an Australian “businessman” called David Nilsson and his activities in Peru. I suggested that he should receive the award of Australian carbon cowboy of the year, after his interactions with the Matsés Indigenous Peoples.
REDD-Monitor’s May 2011 round-up: Watching REDD unravel
28 MayA round-up of everything you need to know in the world of REDD this month. Well, almost everything.
By Chris Lang, WRM Bulletin 166, May 2011
Forest destroyer Oji Paper to carry out REDD feasibility study in Laos
29 NovOji Paper has cleared large areas of forest in Laos to make way for its industrial tree plantations. Now the company hopes to get REDD funding for its monocultures.
By Chris Lang, WRM Bulletin 160, November 2010
Monocultures on the March in Southeast Asia
19 SepMonocultures continue to expand in Southeast Asia – as does the resistance to them.
By Chris Lang, WRM Bulletin 158, September 2010
How FAO helps greenwash the timber industry’s greenhouse gas emissions
24 AugThe FAO uses tax payers’ money to promote the timber and pulp and paper industries.
By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 157, August 2010
What is carbon trading for?
24 JunCarbon traders do not pretend that carbon trading will reduce emissions. But if carbon trading is not supposed to reduce emissions, what is it for?
By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 155, June 2010.
Indonesia: Government proposes 21 million hectares of plantations to meet climate targets
26 JanIndonesia’s plans for massive plantation expansion make little sense in terms of addressing either deforestation or climate change.
By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 150, January 2010.
Indonesia: Plantations, human rights and REDD
22 DecWill the plantation companies responsible for destroying villagers’ livelihoods benefit from REDD?
By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 149, December 2009.
REDD text an insult to Indigenous Peoples
18 DecWhilst the latest Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) text doesn’t have the words “Made in the USA” anywhere on it, it should have.
By Chris Lang, Published in Climate Chronicle No. 5, Transnational Institute’s COP-15 newspaper, 17 December 2009.
REDD, REDD+, REDD++, REDD and bacon, sausage and spam …
14 DecGetting tired of the ever expanding REDD plans? Me too.
By Chris Lang, Published in Climate Chronicle No. 3, Transnational Institute’s COP-15 newspaper, 11 December 2009
Greenwashing the green desert in Copenhagen
30 NovThe UN definition of forests must exclude industrial tree plantations.
By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 148, November 2009.
Destroying with one hand, taking with the other: Biomass, REDD and forests
25 AugWhy does the UN’s latest scheme to save the forests not address the drivers of deforestation?
By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 145, August 2009.
The gaping chasm between climate science and climate negotiations
28 JunClimate scientists and climate negotiators might as well live on different planets.
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Bath tubs, forests, carbon trading and climate change
21 FebWhy trading the carbon stored in forests will not help address runaway climate change.
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The ADB is destroying the Mekong’s forests and the planet’s climate
22 DecThrough funding coal-fired power plants, the Asian Development Bank is helping accelerate climate change. Its destruction of forests makes things worse.
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Dams on the Mekong mainstream would destroy fisheries for millions
20 NovBuilding dams on the Mekong mainstream will destroy the Mekong’s fisheries and subject millions of people to food shortages and poverty.
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Why certification of agrofuels won’t work
17 OctThe massive expansion of agrofuels is responsible for forest destruction, livelihood loss and increased food costs. Certification of agrofuels will do nothing to address the problems.
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Uganda: Thousands of Indigenous People evicted from FSC-certified Mount Elgon National Park
27 JunWhy SGS must withdraw its certificate of Mount Elgon.
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Argentina: Scientists confirm that plantations dry up streams and salinise groundwater
4 AprA series of peer reviewed scientific papers confirms what local communities living near industrial tree plantations already know: industrial tree plantations suck water out of the soil and dry up streams.
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Bangladesh: Phulbari coal mine – “losses beyond compensation”
2 AprA UK company is planning to build a huge coal mine in Bangladesh. The impacts would be devastating. The Asian Development Bank is considering supporting the project anyway.
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Belgium: Field trials planned of GM poplar trees for ethanol
29 FebWhy are scientists researching this dangerous, untested false solution to climate change, when other real solutions already exist?
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Uganda: Why Is FSC Certifying Land Disputes and Human Rights Abuses at Mount Elgon?
28 FebHow many more people will be killed at Mount Elgon before FSC realises that the national park should not be FSC-certified?
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The paper industry and the “business of climate change”
20 DecThe paper industry claims to be addressing climate change. It isn’t. It’s making things worse.
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