New report by FERN: “Carbon Discredited” explains why EU should stay clear...
Summary: FERN and Amis de la Terre have published a report on the N’hambita Forest Carbon Offset Pilot project, explaining that it has failed to deliver its climate change, financial and development...
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ClearView Partnership Ltd: yet another carbon credit fraud
Summary: The article by UK journalist Tony Levene reports a scam by the carbon credit company Clear View Partnership Ltd.FERN's comment: The constant number of fraud cases in the carbon market points...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley declining interest in carbon market
Summary: Point Carbon reports that Morgan Stanley’s top carbon trader Douglas Corden has left the bank, following the departure in January of fellow executive director Imtiaz Ahmad. The bank has now...
View ArticleHuman rights implications of Kyoto’s Offsetting Scheme
Summary: During an event on "Human Rights Protections in the CDM," held during the UNFCCC climate change conference in Bonn (Germany), two representatives for the Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous community and...
View ArticleCambodia's REDD project: doomed from the start
Summary: The NGOs Community Forestry International and Pact have been working on a project to protect forests in Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia. They wanted to fund the project through the sale of forest...
View ArticleNew Interpol report on carbon trading crime
Summary: Interpol's new 'Guide to Carbon Trading crime' is an excellent summary of recent fradulent activity on the carbon market. FERN's comment: This guide, published by the environmental crime...
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COP19: a leap towards a global carbon market?
Summary: A new report (see attachment) published by the Rainforest Foundation Norway explains the stakes for forests and carbon markets at COP19 in Warsaw. There is so much jargon - 'Framework for...
View Article“Carbon Crooks” A new documentary
Summary: This documentary looks in detail at the scams that surround carbon offsetting, and exposes the EU ETS as a failed policy that has not reduced emissions. See here for the trailer.FERN, CEO,...
View ArticleYet another case of carbon fraud!
Summary: Briton arrested in the US, in connection with suspected tax fraud worth 136 million euros ($189 million), deepening a European carbon trading probe that has also drawn in Deutsche Bank. More...
View ArticleEU PROPOSES GIVING MOST HEAVY INDUSTRIES FREE CARBON PERMITS
Summary: The EU commission says 71% of all EU heavy industry should be entitled to get most of their allowances for free to help them meet their obligations under the EU-ETS, over 2015-2019. This...
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