Opinion / #carbon offsetting
Carbon & Climate
Malaysia’s carbon credit conundrum: State governments hold key to unlocking its potential
Malaysia is expected to launch its first local nature-based carbon credit but it faces a jurisdictional quagmire, wherein forest management is predominantly governed by state authorities.
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Taylor Swift and the top polluters department
The pop superstar claims she can offset the immense carbon footprint of her private jet but the only way for the superrich to reduce their climate impact is to fly less and choose more sustainable forms of transport.
Policy & Finance
How technology can help save Indigenous forests – and our planet
What role can technology play in Indigenous land conservation around the world?
Carbon & Climate
The carbon-offset market’s broken promises
As businesses come under pressure to meet net-zero targets, they are increasingly investing in forest-protection projects to cancel out their carbon emissions. But what could have been a viable climate-mitigation option has become little more than a licence to pollute, to the detriment of indigenous communities and the planet.
All #carbon offsetting Opinion
25 October 2023
Carbon & Climate
India's energy transition requires a delicate balancing act
24 October 2023
Carbon & Climate
Climate solutions are already in our nature
10 April 2023
Carbon & Climate
In defence of nature-based carbon markets
13 March 2023
Carbon & Climate
Trouble with carbon markets
30 January 2023
Carbon & Climate
Voluntary carbon markets: a misunderstood climate solution
24 August 2022
Food & Agriculture
Human rights hold the key to protecting biodiversity
26 March 2022
Carbon & Climate
We’re worried about a tipping point in how ecosystems absorb carbon
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13 December 2021
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Putting carbon offsets in perspective
23 November 2021
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Scoping out corporate carbon neutrality
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