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New in @cp-oneearth.bsky.social: "Carbon offsets are incompatible with the Paris Agreement" — including insights from Project Drawdown's s @laurengifford.bsky.social on why offsetting undermines real climate action. www.cell.com/one-earth/fu... #carbonoffsets #climatechange

Another investigation shows that #carbonoffsets are a #FalseSolution. Check out the story link & also find info from at @hoodwinkedhothouse.bsky.social to help fight these harmful schemes that threaten #JustTransition.
Report: www.wsj.com/articles/a-c...

From Hoodwinked: climatefalsesolutions.org

California Pays Farms to Make Biogas from Hog Waste in North Carolina, Where Locals Say It’s Fueling Pollution - Inside Climate News Last year, six hog farms in the state were the first to get funding from California’s program to offset its emissions from transportation fuels. The operations’ permits already have civil rights compl...

“I guess they think they’re doing the right thing by buying swine biogas credits ... But all they’re doing is shifting the burden to the poorest, most desperate North Carolinians.”

#California funds biogas to offset our own emissions, but is it helping?
#CarbonOffsets #climatejustice

A drying and pyrolysis system for conversion of industrial and municipal sewage into biochar and heat that will hopefully be widely adopted.
#CarbonDioxideRemoval #Biochar #EnergySky #CarbonOffsets #Climate #Drawdown

🔍 Not all climate solutions are what they seem.

In our "Pulling Back the Curtain" webinar series, campaigners unpack some of the most common false solutions — from #CarbonOffsets and #CCS to #Geoengineering and #BiodiversityOffsets — and explain why they risk delaying real climate action.

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New Scientist lists carbon offsetting as one of the five worst ideas of the 21st century.
And rightly so.
Except volontary #carbonoffsets go back to the late 1980's, at least, and were institutuonalised through the Kyoto Protocol in 1997.
After 30+ years they are still rubbish.

Carbon Colonialism - Stratheia Carbon markets risk reinforcing global inequality as flawed offsets and weak governance fuel carbon colonialism instead of climate justice.

Studies show fewer than 16% of carbon credits reflect real emissions reductions. Offsets cannot replace actual decarbonization.
#CarbonOffsets #Greenwashing #RealClimateAction
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So far, 2026 hasn't been too bad. I started the #NewYear --as I always do--by buying #carbonoffsets for my anticipated house & travel energy usage, via #carbonfund.org (PS of course I'm looking forward to that travel, including #book-signings & conferences in #Baltimore, #Nashville & #CA) #booksky

Carbon: the new frontier in the scramble for land in Kenya - SOMO Kenya has become a global hotspot in the rapidly expanding market for land-based carbon offsets, with more than 5.4 million hectares now tied to projects that benefit foreign investors far more than l...

❌ These trends show how #CarbonOffsets risk reinforcing extractive and neo-colonial dynamics under the guise of climate solutions.

True #ClimateAction must protect land rights, centre community voices & prioritise real emissions reductions over #offsetting.

Read more 👇
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Vivid illustration of a global scam from the good people at @wired.com. By @alexandratalty.bsky.social.

#climate #CDR #mCDR #carbonoffsets

😱🕵️‍♀️ Developed countries may have written this script, but Indonesia has delivered its most brazen sequel: using #COP30 to amplify polluters’ demands. At a COP meant to strengthen ambition, Indonesia instead tried to weaken the rules of already risky #CarbonOffsets.

‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect? After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future

"As #carbonmarkets collapse, what happens to the #forests they promised to protect?
The market poisons everything it touches (90% of #carbonoffsets don't even reduce carbon) - it is no way to do CO2 removal ( #CDR).
#ClimateCrisis #CarbonCredits #COP30 #Climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon Offsets Have Failed. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests? Brazil is set to unveil an ambitious international plan that would provide up to $4 billion a year to countries that protect their tropical forests. Proponents see it as a potential game-changer for forest...

Carbon Offsets Have Failed. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests? #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #CarbonOffsets #Rainforests #ClimateChange

Nissan pools carbon emissions with electric vehicle maker BYD to avoid EU penalties Japanese carmaker’s deal with Chinese rival part of EU-sanctioned offsetting scheme to help head off £13bn in fines

#CarbonOffsets - always pay off responsibility > #Nissan pools #carbonemissions with electric vehicle maker to avoid #EU penalties - but the rules allow... www.theguardian.com/environment/... #SDG13 #SDG7 #fuel #EVs #offsets #carbon #emissions

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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating From The Guardian The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found...

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#ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #CarbonOffsets

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

🌍 Carbon offsets largely fail to cut emissions

A 25-year review found most carbon offset schemes do not reduce global heating, with systemic flaws like double counting and temporary projects undermining real progress.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#SciComm #Climate #CarbonOffsets 🧪

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

Missed last week: #Carbon #offsets fail to cut #globalheating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems;
less than 16% of #carboncredits investigated showed real reductions in #greenhousegas #emissions
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #SDG13 #Climate #Carbonoffsets #Carbonemissions #CO2

It’s official: 25 years of evidence proves carbon offsets don’t work — Fast Company A sprawling new study shows the $2 billion market used by companies like Amazon and FedEx has failed to curb global greenhouse gas emissions. [Source Photo: konrad dobosz/Unsplash] Carbon offsets have...

👎🏽 #carbonoffsets
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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

Most #CarbonOffsets, which allow polluters to meet their emissions reductions targets by financing #ClimateChange projects elsewhere, have “intractable” problems and are too easy to game, says a new review. “We have assessed 25 years of evidence and almost everything up until this point has failed,”

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

Are #carbonoffsets fixable? Joe Romm and co-authors have new, comprehensive review paper out. tl;dr The answer is no, they're not. The problems are fundamental. They also apply to #plasticcredits by the way. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

'Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to "intractable| systemic problems'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions'

#ClimateEmergency #CarbonOffsets #greenwashing #scam #deception #necropolitics

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Top 5 Myths About Carbon Offsets & Reforestation – Debunked! Verified projects in Ucayali, Peru restore forests, empower communities, and create real impact. 🌍

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Goodbye #CarbonNeutral. Not trustworthy after many problems with #CarbonOffsets. Instead seek products from companies reducing their own #GreenhouseGas emissions
Newsletter this week: tinyurl.com/much-more-support
#ClimateChange #SantaCruz #California

💡 Interested in #climatetech, #decarbonisation, and #carbonoffsets? Are you also looking for some long weekend reads? You've come to the right place!

Since starting at @carbonpulse.bsky.social, I’ve authored and co-authored over 130 articles – check out some of my favourites in the thread below! ⬇️

Carbon Green Investments to withdraw the Kariba REDD project from Verra’s registry How did Verra allow the project to remain on its registry for so long?

“Verra made no attempt to investigate whether the money from sales of #carbonoffsets was actually reaching the communities living in the project area. Spoiler alert: Most of the money did not reach the communities.” #CarbonCon

- @reddmonitor.bsky.social
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🔴 New research from @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social reveals once again that #CarbonOffsets are ineffective and prone to failure.

The voluntary carbon market (#VCM) is sold as a “golden ticket” to net zero… but it’s just a license for polluters to keep polluting

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Carbon Dioxide Removal: What Is Sustainable and Just? Published in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development (Vol. 67, No. 1, 2025)

“Vested interests tend to promote market models precisely because they can exert undue influence in markets. For businesses dependent on fossil fuels, delay is profitable…”

Market measures facilitate fraud #CDR #CCS #BECCS #CarbonOffsets #CarbonCon #NetZero
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🇦🇺 #KenHenry #CarbonOffsets #AUSpol 🦘 #ALP #ClimateCrisisAU #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #MurrayWatt #AnthonyAlbanese