Carbon Trade Watch
After over 20 years of international climate change negotiations, talks continue to move further away from identifying the root causes of the climate crisis. These short, sharp articles highlight years of struggle, passion and commitment towards environmental, social and climate justice. The...
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Carbon Trade Watch
Putting a price on ecological systems has been around for several decades, although it was especially heightened during the UN climate negotiations with the introduction of the carbon market, a system which places a monetary value on the carbon-cycle capacity of nature for trade in financial...
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Carbon Trade Watch
This new publication aims to break down the complexities of emerging "nature" financing by exploring a new pilot facility put forward by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank, called the Natural Capital Finance Facility. The authors discover the lack of transparency...
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Carbon Trade Watch
The paper wants to start questioning the emphasis in EU policies on natural gas and three elements in particular:     •    Natural gas as transition fuel     •    The massive planned investments in gas-related...
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Carbon Trade Watch
  The need to halt the alarming rates of deforestation and forest degradation is without hesitation of high importance. Forests destruction displaces forest dependant peoples, often destroying their livelihoods and violating human rights. Moreover, even though the majority of...
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Scrap the EU-ETS
Why it must be replaced with direct action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Brussels, April 15th– The European Parliament votes tomorrow on the European Commission's proposal to backload 900 million emissions permits within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This vote...
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Carbon Trade Watch
The author of the report, Ricardo Coelho stated: “Carbon trading cannot deliver the necessary phase out of fossil fuels nor can it question the destructive over-production and consumption model that lies at the heart of industrialized countries’ economies. By diverting resources...
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Carbon Trade Watch
New research reveals that the windfall profits gained in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) by the top eight polluters in Spain were mostly from the steel and cement industries. The report critiques the inconsistencies in the Spanish State’s climate plan and its continuous...
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Accion Ecologica
Acción Ecológica, Oilwatch Sudamérica y Carbon Trade Watch   Durante décadas los pueblos alrededor del mundo han luchado para proteger y custodiar sus territorios ancestrales, mientras que el sistema económico, dependiente de actividades...
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ephemeraweb.org
ephemera: theory & politics in organization volume 12, number 1/2 The atmosphere business Issue editors: Steffen Böhm, Anna-Maria Murtola and Sverre Spoelstra The contributions collected in this special issue of ephemera question the underlying ideologies and...
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Carbon Trade Watch
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Carbon Trade Watch and Corporate Europe Observatory
  A proposed reform to the European Commission’s State Aid rules will allow member states to compensate industry for increases in electricity charges incurred as a result of the Emissions Trading System (ETS). Already, the UK Government has committed to covering these costs...
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Trusha Reddy (editor)
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No REDD Platform
—Nnimmo Bassey, Alternative Nobel Prize Laureate, Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Chair of Friends of the Earth International and poet   NoReddPapers_Download NoReddPapers_Download_spreads The top link will...
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the democracy center
Published in October 2011, ‘Beating Goliath’ gathers case studies from previous successful campaigns against corporations, looking at how they won and what we can learn from them. It provides links to many useful resources for activists, and highlights current campaigns engaged in...
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Carbon Trade Watch and Corporate Europe Observatory
  The second initiative is the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050 (hereafter “Roadmap”), which has been proposed by the European Commission, and which will be discussed on 21 June at the inter-ministerial Environment Council. The Roadmap...
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CTW, GJEP and IEN
No to REDD+!  REDD+ is still being negotiated. There are many who defend REDD+ for valuing ecosystems services; there are others who see it as the only way to protect forests and stabilize the climate. But whatever form REDD+ takes, even if it includes Human Rights safeguards, it...
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Carbon Trade Watch
REDD+ rewards polluters with carbon credits, allowing them to elude their responsibility to reduce emissions at source. There are billions of dollars at stake and no real obligation to respect human or collective rights – the so-called “safeguards” mentioned in...
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Oscar Reyes
The global carbon market is in crisis. Proposed emissions trading schemes in the USA, Japan and Canada have stalled indefinitely; new markets in Australia and South Korea face significant delays; and climate justice activists have successfully blocked the start of a planned scheme in...
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Carbon Trade Watch and Corporate Europe Observatory
Emissions trading is the European Union’s flagship measure for tackling climate change, and it is failing badly. In theory it provides a cheap and efficient means to limit greenhouse gas reductions within an ever-tightening cap, but in practice it has rewarded major polluters with...
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