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Bonn talks offer opportunity to bridge the adaptation gap
With climate devastation growing, we can’t keep sidelining climate adaptation at governments’ climate talks
Verra’s revamped forest offset programme comes under fire
Verra picked a controversial carbon credit verifier to review its new forest offset rules and critics say the changes don’t fix the problem
Uncertainty on renewable retraining frightens South Africa’s coal communities
An investigation by Oxpeckers and Climate Home found coal-reliant communities in South Africa have scarce details on how funds for reskilling workers from its $8.5 billion deal will be implemented.
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Carbon credit industry resists vulnerable nations’ call to fund adaptation
New carbon credit guidelines do not recommend a mandatory levy to fund adaptation despite calls from vulnerable countries and experts
Carbon credit rule-makers must engage Indigenous People
Indigenous people protect the forests but the organisation writing up a rule-book for high-quality carbon offsets has not adequately consulted them
I’m a COP veteran. Here are 3 suggestions for the new Loss and Damage fund
Cop27 resulted in the historic decision of setting up a loss and damage fund to help vulnerable countries, but success depends on a few key actions.
Oil not charcoal the biggest threat to Congo rainforest, top researcher warns
Stop blaming poor communities for deforestation, urges author of upcoming FAO report, warning oil exploration could set off a “giant carbon bomb”
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Experts sound the alarm on oil sector’s blue hydrogen push
EU green investment rules facilitate the rollout of blue hydrogen, a fuel that could be more polluting than the fossil gas it is set to replace
India falsely claims forestry progress in ‘skewed’ report, experts warn
By counting plantations and urban parks as forests, the Indian government hides deforestation caused by industrial projects
Crypto bubble: The hype machine behind a $70,000 carbon credit
UK-based cryptocurrency venture Save Planet Earth has convinced investors it can make them rich and fix the climate, but its tree-planting vision is a long way from reality
Five WWF Pakistan staff monitoring forest protection die in car crash
WWF Pakistan described the victims whose car plunged into a ravine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as “young and passionate environmentalists”
“It’s going to get bumpy!” – Papua New Guinea sparked final day panic at Cop26
The rainforest nation was threatening to block a deal in Glasgow over the status of Redd+ forestry projects in a UN carbon market
UK and EU must not abet the theft of indigenous territory in Brazil
Brazil’s indigenous people are anxiously awaiting a supreme court judgement on our land rights. Proposed new laws in the EU and UK will profoundly affect us too
Indonesia ends forest protection deal with Norway, raising deforestation fears
The announcement took the Norwegian government and campaigners by surprise and came days before a moratorium on new palm oil concessions lifted
The sound of West Africa’s changing climate
Sponsored content: Scientists and musicians come together in a new experimental project using ‘data sonification’ to understand the sound of climate change
Reader profile: Amelia Rose Khan wants Cop26 to close carbon accounting loopholes
“I don’t relax, the climate crisis is always on my mind” says Canadian regional organiser Amelia Rose Khan
DR Congo plans to lift logging moratorium amid forest protection talks
The government is ending a decade-old ban on new forestry concessions, to the horror of campaigners who say the move is incompatible with climate targets
‘Hot air’ carbon offset scheme undermines Colombia’s climate goal, experts warn
Colombia stands to lose $62m in carbon tax revenue and underperform its emissions targets due to flawed forest carbon credit projects, investigators claim