We all want our green wings, and the notion of purchasing them via carbon offsetting is powerfully seductive. as Jules Peck reveals, however, buying your way into eco heaven can be fraught with problems
… Carbon Offsetting: forgive my carbon sin? Jules Peck | 3rd June 2008 News Carbon Offsetting Going Green Carbon Off-Setting … Change Politics And Economics Society Carbon_Offsetting_WEB.jpg We all want our green …
The Men’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar is promoted as the first 'fully carbon neutral FIFA World Cup tournament'. But this has been a PR own goal.
… Daley | 13th December 2022 | News Carbon Offsetting Climate Breakdown World Cup … it is how big polluters seem to view carbon offsetting . But offsetting is a claimed solution to the …
As the UK government gives the go ahead for the country's first Biodiversity Offsetting (BO) scheme, Lorna Howarth explains why it will be a disaster for the nation's already declining wildlife
… A license to trash? Why Biodiversity Offsetting (BO) will be a disaster for the … go ahead for the country's first Biodiversity Offsetting (BO) scheme, Lorna Howarth explains … already declining wildlife Biodiversity Offsetting (BO) is a market-based instrument …
Owen Paterson has done it again - offering up ancient woodland for development via 'biodiversity offsetting' - planting new trees elsewhere. Trouble is, says Austin Brady, ancient woods are centuries in the making.
… January 2014 Comment Forests Biodiversity Offsetting UK Ancient Woodland … woodland for development via 'biodiversity offsetting' - planting new trees elsewhere. … has moved the discussion about 'biodiversity offsetting' up back the agenda - and …
Disney avoids emission cuts by investing $15.5 million in carbon offsetting schemes criticised by campaigners, including projects soon to be banned in the EU
… Disney caught up in carbon offsetting controversy William McLennan | 7th April 2011 News Carbon Offsetting Carbon Trading Climate Change … cuts by investing $15.5 million in carbon offsetting schemes criticised by campaigners, …
Confusion reigns as UN Environment publishes, then retracts, an article criticising the use of carbon credits to make up for polluting activities.
… UN retracts carbon offsetting critique Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 12th June 2019 News Carbon Offsetting Un Policy Thought Leaders … an unusually stark critique of carbon offsetting on Monday. On Tuesday, the article …
The Environmental Audit Committee has slammed the aviation industry for a ‘diverse and generally unsatisfactory attitude’ towards their misuse of carbon offsets.
… The Ecologist | 23rd July 2007 News EAC Offsetting Offset Off-setting BA British … singled out British Airway’s attempts at offsetting as ‘risible’. Since including a link to offsetting company Climate Care into its …
Big Oil going carbon neutral? Here is how carbon offsets impact local and indigenous communities.
… include substantial amounts of carbon offsetting. According to a report released by … CO 2 . The credits are “produced” by private offsetting projects that claim to absorb CO 2 … companies and the organisations managing the offsetting projects to take a significant …
Using carbon markets to 'offset' industrial pollution is a failed experiment of 19 years duration, writes Chris Lang. But the International Civil Aviation Organization, which holds its General Assembly later this month in Montreal, is determined to offset its emissions - up 76% in 12 years - rather than constrain or reduce them.
… ICAO's proposal relies heavily on carbon offsetting. The proposal gives the impression … emissions from burning fossil fuels. Carbon offsetting does not reduce emissions . In … be whether to include REDD offsets in ICAO's offsetting scheme. As a way of addressing …
Carbon offsetting isn't perfect but Much Better Adventures’ partnership with environmental charity, the Converging World, has produced an initiative that just might work
… Carbon offsetting version two: a greener way to … Living Green Living Carbon Offset Carbon Offsetting Emissions Travel Greenhouse Gas … Carbon Trading Energy beach-family.jpg Carbon offsetting isn't perfect but Much Better …
Offset schemes, fees replacing fines, and framing nature as a financial asset will exacerbate environmental crises.
… takes on a particularly deceptive form in offsetting and biodiversity compensation … or creating such an area themselves. Offsetting One such example is the Bujagali … increasingly turned into laws that provide offsetting and compensation options as legal …
… ‘Offsetting’ is not the answer David Lee | 18th … Aviation Fuel Biofuel Synthetic Fuel Carbon Offsetting Efficiency plane-841441_960_720.jpg … the election campaign by claiming he was ‘offsetting’ the carbon dioxide (CO2) …
One of the first travel companies to offer carbon offsetting to customers has decided to remove the facility from their website
… Eco travel agent ditches carbon offsetting The Ecologist | 15th October 2009 … Travel Carbon Emissions Climate Change Carbon Offsetting plane.jpg One of the first travel companies to offer carbon offsetting to customers has decided to remove …
European observers say it is going to be as ‘big as the carbon market’, but is buying a licence to cause ecological damage a sound strategy? Tom Levitt investigates
… What is biodiversity offsetting and how would it work? Tom Levitt | … Wildlife Conservation Carbon Trading Offsetting tractor.jpg Developers could start … of those market instruments is biodiversity offsetting, or 'bio-compensation'. Quite …
Plans to create a market in nature itself are fraught with danger, writes Alex Scrivener. Biodiversity offsetting could allow the fate of our forests, rivers, meadows and wildlife species, and the people who depend on them, to be determined by the whims of multinational corporations and speculative investors.
… danger, writes Alex Scrivener. Biodiversity offsetting could allow the fate of our … the form of species banking and biodiversity offsetting. As a society, we've become … soil erosion, are worth nothing. Biodiversity offsetting, making dreams come true from …
The UK Government plans to allow biodiversity destroyed by development to be recreated elsewhere. Hannah Mowat of FERN believes the idea is both wrong and dangerous. The official consultation ends on 7th November 2013.
… Biodiversity offsetting - an end to environmental … ends on 7th November 2013. Biodiversity offsetting (BDO for short) is a tool which … and Rural Affairs explains: "For developers, (offsetting) can offer a simpler, faster way …
UK emissions figures are ‘misleading’ and need to be recounted because they include offsets, according to a committee of MPs
UK emissions figures distorted by offsets, say MPs The Ecologist | 11th January 2010 News Climate Change Carbon Emissions Carbon Trading carbonemissions.jpg MPs have called for the UK's greenhouse …
Hidden away in the pages of UN-speak that make up the Paris Agreement are the makings of global carbon market in which a host of exotic emissions derivatives can be freely traded, writes Steffen Böhm. And it's all going to be a huge and expensive distraction from the real and urgent task of cutting emissions.
… expansion of carbon trading, including offsetting, which allows the market exchange … 'carbon trading', 'carbon pricing', 'carbon offsetting' and 'carbon markets' don't appear … for a massive expansion of carbon trading and offsetting while setting some basic standards. …
Trees planted in drought-prone or nutrient poor areas don’t store enough carbon dioxide to offset emissions, a new study by Duke University in North Carolina has found.
… says study 14th August 2007 News Carbon Offsetting Carbon Carbon Dioxide Climate … in North Carolina has found. Carbon offsetting firms such as Carbon Footprint and … of the Earth are sceptical about carbon offsetting, which they believe allows people …
Jet Zero is a charade, driven by considerations of profit, economic growth and aviation's corporate consumers.
… Zero’s other offerings: fuel efficiency and ‘offsetting and removal’. Read Part 1: Jet … do or may one day function. The final one, offsetting , is an outright scam. That it is … Jet Zero - indeed any role - is a scandal. Offsetting is the right to pollute in one …
Rules to avoid double-counting of emissions cuts are a step forward, say campaigners, but more assurances are needed to meet the sector’s climate promises.
… calling for an age limit on eligible carbon offsetting projects and transparency around …
The 300-350 Show takes the argument against large-scale carbon offsetting under the CDM to the European Commissioner in charge; and hears from a co-author of the most accessible report yet on the case against carbon offsetting under the CDM.
… The 300-350 Show: the case against carbon offsetting Phil England | 11th August 2009 … takes the argument against large-scale carbon offsetting under the CDM to the European … report yet on the case against carbon offsetting under the CDM. It is one of the …
Aviation sector wants to avoid a closed trading scheme and forced carbon emissions cuts
… Airlines admit carbon reductions to come from offsetting The Ecologist | 22nd September 2009 … by offering emission cuts likely to rely on offsetting, say campaigners. Speaking on … Greenpeace said only real cuts and not offsetting would reduce carbon emissions from …
The Government has gutted its 'zero carbon home' standard - builders will be able to 'zero the carbon' through an offsetting scheme - rather than by installing more insulation, or renewable technologies like solar PV or solar water heating.
… will be able to 'zero the carbon' through an offsetting scheme - rather than by installing … are reduced somewhere else under a carbon offsetting scheme. The result is that buyers … that is little more than a carbon offsetting scheme delivering little benefit to …