#carboncredits #junkoffsets #carboncolonialism

Carbon markets were designed as climate solutions—but without reform, they risk becoming another system of extraction that deepens global inequality.
#CarbonMarkets #ClimateJustice #CarbonColonialism
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1/5 BlackRock’s hidden agenda: turning nature into a financial product. All of this comes wrapped in the language of decarbonization.Carbon markets are the Trojan horse—green branding for a trillion-dollar project to unlock new collateral and debt instruments.
#CarbonColonialism
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This conversation isn’t just about climate—it’s about power, policy, and the future of African development.

#ClimateJustice #Africa #CarbonColonialism #Development #EnergySovereignty

The West got rich on coal, oil, and gas.
Now they sell Africa carbon credits and lectures.
But we still have 600+ million people without electricity.

This isn’t justice.
It’s a blockade with a green label.

#CarbonColonialism #EnergyForAfrica

The Carbon Colonial Question: Why Offsetting Emissions in Paris by Planting Trees in Congo Doesn’t Add Up Consider this: A company in Paris emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. To cancel out the harm, it pays to plant trees in Congo.

How does planting trees in Congo cancel out emissions in Paris?
It's not carbon math. It's carbon fiction.
We unpack the flawed logic behind global offset schemes—and why Africa shouldn’t be the world’s carbon dump.
Read: tinyurl.com/yxe68hf3
#CarbonColonialism

Carbon Colonialism? Why Offsetting Emissions in Paris by Planting Trees in Congo Doesn’t Add Up Discover the truth about carbon offsets: are they really a solution or just a way for the West to maintain its colonial grip on Africa?

Carbon offsets ≠ climate justice.
It’s time to question who benefits — and who bears the cost.Read: tinyurl.com/2r5zz26

#NetZero #CarbonColonialism #Africa #ClimateEquity

Carbon Colonialism? Why Offsetting Emissions in Paris by Planting Trees in Congo Doesn’t Add Up Discover the truth about carbon offsets: are they really a solution or just a way for the West to maintain its colonial grip on Africa?

The Global North built empires on coal.
Now they say Africa must stay green.
That’s not offsetting — it’s injustice.

Full article 👉 tinyurl.com/2r5zz26

#CarbonColonialism #ClimateJustice #Africa #EnvironmentalEquity

Carbon Colonialism? Why Offsetting Emissions in Paris by Planting Trees in Congo Doesn’t Add Up Discover the truth about carbon offsets: are they really a solution or just a way for the West to maintain its colonial grip on Africa?

How does planting trees in Congo offset emissions in Paris?

It's not carbon math. It's carbon fiction.

#CarbonColonialism #ClimateJustice #Africa #Greenwashing

Read the full article 👉 tinyurl.com/2r5zz26

Placard saying 'Climate Justice Now', held by hand of a white person in a march

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Zeynep Durmaz & DEV colleague Heike Schroeder published a powerful piece on how Indigenous Peoples are pushing back against carbon markets & #CarbonColonialism in UN climate talks.

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Blood Carbon - Survival International Carbon offset scams aren't just hot air – they are killing people and the planet.

Stop Blood Carbon on indidenous lands. ENGOs are quietly promoting #carboncolonialism www.survivalinternational.org/campaigns/Bl...

Carbon Crediting: Climate or Corporate Interests? The world cannot stop the climate crisis without protecting our remaining forests and empowering the communities who sustainably steward them. Afforestation and reforestation have been touted by the I...

#WorldBank is expanding “high-integrity”#carbonmarkets across the Global South. But a closer look behind this push exposes phantom credits, land grabs & exploitation.

New on Our Take: Carbon Offsetting: Good for the Climate or Corporate Interests?

#FalseClimateSolution #CarbonColonialism

Great thread on how we should not be doing carbon and nature markets. #CarbonColonialism

Land grab: Tozzi Green’s carbon plantations in Madagascar “Carbon credits don’t restore what’s been destroyed.”

🚨 A recent article exposes Tozzi Green's alleged land grabs in Madagascar for carbon offset plantations, raising serious concerns about environmental and social impacts. 🌍⚠️
#LandRights #CarbonColonialism #EnvironmentalJustice

Carbon colonialism and land grabs: Africa must eat or be eaten If Africa can’t contribute to putting food on the world’s table, someone will buy or seize its lands by force and do so. You can take that to the bank

The sale and leasing of land in Africa for carbon offset purposes have grown significantly in recent years. #BlackSky #carboncredits #carboncolonialism

A Dubai company’s staggering land deals in Africa raise fears about risks to Indigenous livelihoods A raft of agreements between African countries and Dubai-based company Blue Carbon could give the company control over large swaths of land for conservation projects.

Blue Carbon was founded by Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, whose private holdings include fossil fuel operations. The company plans to make money by selling carbon credits to polluters to offset emissions as they burn fossil fuels. #carboncolonialism

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