Impakter

JANUARY 31, 2023

Earlier this month, an investigation conducted by the Guardian, Die Zeit, and SourceMaterial found that 90% of rainforest carbon offsets sold by Verra are worthless. This has re-raised issues around voluntary carbon markets and their lack of regulation.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Revelations that almost 95% of the “avoided deforestation” carbon credits issued by the world’s largest certifier have zero climate mitigation value, have sparked calls for rigour, transparency, and accountability in the carbon credit process. I wish it were otherwise, but this report is pretty compelling.”

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3BL Media

APRIL 20, 2022

wireless industry to set science-based targets (SBTs) to significantly cut its carbon emissions by 2025 and help the company mitigate the risks of climate change. When the Un-carrier made headlines to earn that industry-first RE100 commitment earlier this year, it also achieved those carbon targets four years ahead of schedule.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate, news that the recent spate of pledges from major economies could put the world on course to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals are encouraging, said sustainability membership organisation IEMA – but only if those pledges are acted upon.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

In background briefings, officials said the announcement makes Canada the first of the world’s wealthiest countries to publish a detailed implementation plan for a pledge that was first announced at the G20 leaders’ summit in Pittsburgh in 2009. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets?

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2020

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate, news that the recent spate of pledges from major economies could put the world on course to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals are encouraging, said sustainability membership organisation IEMA – but only if those pledges are acted upon.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Bunloit Estate owner Jeremy Leggett, a former climate campaigner at Greenpeace International and 2009 Hilary Laureate for International Leadership on Climate Change, is trying to crowdsource land ownership in Scotland.

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