offsets
Emission trade-off
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on March 10, 2008 - 5:36pm.
Not long after environmental groups lambasted the UK Government's cop-out on carbon offsets, the policy directors of some of the country’s leading development and aid agencies have now written a letter to The Times weighing-in on the debate. If you were persuaded by some of the development claims of the offset industry, then square that with the likes of Oxfam, the World Development Movement, Christian Aid, Tearfund, Practical Action and the New Economics Foundation who said today: Read more »
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Offsets get a code of conned-uct
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on February 19, 2008 - 9:20pm.
The British Government's introduction of a 'Code of Conduct' for the voluntary carbon offset industry has been met with gaping yawns from environmentalists. Most greens have come to the conclusion that carbon offsets offer little in the way of effective climate solutions and can actually exacerbate the climate crisis by delaying the inevitable paradigm shift that takes us away from the fossil fuel economy. Read more »
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Green Gold
Submitted by Adam Ma'anit on August 14, 2007 - 10:29am.
With the Climate Camp in the UK now underway, it is a good moment to reflect on some of the stakes involved in climate change activism. For many people, climate change is an abstract 'environmental' issue with little impact on their lives – but there are many people on the front lines who often face a life and death struggle. Such was the story of Sajida Khan, who's battle was not with climate change per se, but with some of its so-called 'solutions'. Read more »
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