Thread by @biosec_erc, Well worth watching the full report here- explaining why #CarbonOffsets & #NetZero [...]

Well worth watching the full report here- explaining why #CarbonOffsets & #NetZero are a distraction. @nature_org sold meaningless carbon offsets to companies. @danbrockington @igoe_jim & myself wrote about the problems with corporate-conservation links in Nature Unbound in 2008! https://twitter.com/climate/status/1386240484029444098

https://twitter.com/climate/status/1386240484029444098

many others have written on this @SianSullivanUK @AdeniyiAsiyanbi @maanorams @brambuscher @anthfletch @patrickmbigger @estevecorbera & so many more!

A great read on corporate-conservation- climate link ups is by @AdeniyiAsiyanbi on carbon offsets and financialisation https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0308518X17708787

Financialisation in the green economy: Material connections, markets-in-the-making and Foucauldian...

This paper explores the connections between financialisation in the green economy and the material commodification processes that underpin this economy. It argu...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0308518X17708787

Also check out research by @chuks_okereke on climate justice - offset schemes often compound existing injustices and inequalities, here is a short piece, but do read the full articles & books https://www.scidev.net/global/opinions/injustice-of-climate-catastrophes-inflicted-on-afr/

Injustice of climate catastrophes inflicted on Africa - SciDev.Net

For Africans, there has been no justice so far in global action against climate change, argues Chukwumerije Okereke.

https://www.scidev.net/global/opinions/injustice-of-climate-catastrophes-inflicted-on-afr/

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