This is your regular reminder that "avoided emissions" are NOT carbon offsets.
It is a fantastical comparison against a reality that does not exist.
#carbonoffset
#LCA
#embodiedcarbon
#climatechange
It is a fantastical comparison against a reality that does not exist.
#carbonoffset
#LCA
#embodiedcarbon
#climatechange
December 30, 2024 at 2:03 PM
This is your regular reminder that "avoided emissions" are NOT carbon offsets.
It is a fantastical comparison against a reality that does not exist.
#carbonoffset
#LCA
#embodiedcarbon
#climatechange
It is a fantastical comparison against a reality that does not exist.
#carbonoffset
#LCA
#embodiedcarbon
#climatechange
Spaghetti carbonoffset
October 10, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Spaghetti carbonoffset
The trend of buying up Cheap Carbon Offsets
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#climatechange #renewables #carbonoffset #decarbonization #sustainability #esg
@us.theconversation.com
#climatechange #renewables #carbonoffset #decarbonization #sustainability #esg
November 13, 2024 at 1:24 AM
The trend of buying up Cheap Carbon Offsets
@us.theconversation.com
#climatechange #renewables #carbonoffset #decarbonization #sustainability #esg
@us.theconversation.com
#climatechange #renewables #carbonoffset #decarbonization #sustainability #esg
This is very smart - using the warm air in underground train lines (subway, for US readers) to heat water and generate electricity for nearby properties.
🌍
#RenewableEnergy
#ClimateCrisis
#CarbonOffset
#NetZero
#GreenSky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🌍
#RenewableEnergy
#ClimateCrisis
#CarbonOffset
#NetZero
#GreenSky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Smart, green thinking’: four innovative London council carbon offset projects
Council housing microgrid and tube-powered heat network among schemes supported by Mayor of London fund
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is very smart - using the warm air in underground train lines (subway, for US readers) to heat water and generate electricity for nearby properties.
🌍
#RenewableEnergy
#ClimateCrisis
#CarbonOffset
#NetZero
#GreenSky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🌍
#RenewableEnergy
#ClimateCrisis
#CarbonOffset
#NetZero
#GreenSky
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Aviation contributes around 3 or 4% of global CO2 emissions so I bought #CarbonOffset for my return airflight to #Athens. Naturism = Environmentalism
#GayNaturist #GayNudism #UrbanNaturist
#GayNaturist #GayNudism #UrbanNaturist
February 4, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Aviation contributes around 3 or 4% of global CO2 emissions so I bought #CarbonOffset for my return airflight to #Athens. Naturism = Environmentalism
#GayNaturist #GayNudism #UrbanNaturist
#GayNaturist #GayNudism #UrbanNaturist
Surprise! Australian human-induced native forest regeneration (HIR) carbon offset projects do not actually deliver carbon sequestration
It's a shame researchers need to show over & over again the failure of #CarbonOffset methods the authorities back
#StateSanctionedGreenwashing
It's a shame researchers need to show over & over again the failure of #CarbonOffset methods the authorities back
#StateSanctionedGreenwashing
“It makes climate change worse:” Carbon credit projects claiming to regrow forests are failing
New research from three Australian universities shows forest regrowth projects show little improvement, many going backwards.
reneweconomy.com.au
March 26, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Surprise! Australian human-induced native forest regeneration (HIR) carbon offset projects do not actually deliver carbon sequestration
It's a shame researchers need to show over & over again the failure of #CarbonOffset methods the authorities back
#StateSanctionedGreenwashing
It's a shame researchers need to show over & over again the failure of #CarbonOffset methods the authorities back
#StateSanctionedGreenwashing
Legal ruling in Kenya delivers huge blow to a #carbonoffset project used by Meta, Netflix, British Airways and others, in a major win for Indigenous communities. Press release from @survivalinternational.org:
Kenya: Landmark court ruling delivers devastating blow to flagship carbon offset project
Two NRT conservancies have no basis in law. Rangers ordered off the territories.
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Legal ruling in Kenya delivers huge blow to a #carbonoffset project used by Meta, Netflix, British Airways and others, in a major win for Indigenous communities. Press release from @survivalinternational.org:
The #CarbonOffset industry cherry-picks data to push a misleading narrative ⚠️
SOMO and @datadesk.bsky.social analysed 2 of their reports; and expose 8 big flaws in their data and methodology.
This isn’t just bad science. It’s a dangerous distraction.
Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/discredited/
SOMO and @datadesk.bsky.social analysed 2 of their reports; and expose 8 big flaws in their data and methodology.
This isn’t just bad science. It’s a dangerous distraction.
Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/discredited/
Carbon Offset Industry - Discredited - SOMO
Eight critical flaws in industry reports expose how misleading data is used to promote the offset industry. Read more.
www.somo.nl
April 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The #CarbonOffset industry cherry-picks data to push a misleading narrative ⚠️
SOMO and @datadesk.bsky.social analysed 2 of their reports; and expose 8 big flaws in their data and methodology.
This isn’t just bad science. It’s a dangerous distraction.
Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/discredited/
SOMO and @datadesk.bsky.social analysed 2 of their reports; and expose 8 big flaws in their data and methodology.
This isn’t just bad science. It’s a dangerous distraction.
Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/discredited/
[End of Hopium News] Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #CarbonOffset #Fail #Collapse
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
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
[End of Hopium News] Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #CarbonOffset #Fail #Collapse
January 11, 2024 at 8:32 PM
No intimidation of human rights defenders 🚨✊
A few weeks ago, we celebrated a landmark legal victory in Brazil: the Maranhão Court of Justice suspended a #carbonoffset project imposed without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of the Ka’apor people.
But today, we must raise the alarm. (thread)
A few weeks ago, we celebrated a landmark legal victory in Brazil: the Maranhão Court of Justice suspended a #carbonoffset project imposed without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of the Ka’apor people.
But today, we must raise the alarm. (thread)
July 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
No intimidation of human rights defenders 🚨✊
A few weeks ago, we celebrated a landmark legal victory in Brazil: the Maranhão Court of Justice suspended a #carbonoffset project imposed without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of the Ka’apor people.
But today, we must raise the alarm. (thread)
A few weeks ago, we celebrated a landmark legal victory in Brazil: the Maranhão Court of Justice suspended a #carbonoffset project imposed without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of the Ka’apor people.
But today, we must raise the alarm. (thread)
🌱 New event!
What is the role for carbon offsetting in delivering a just transition? We’re delighted to be joined by a panel of experts for this timely discussion.
🗓️ 4th February
⏰ 18:00 - 19:00
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What is the role for carbon offsetting in delivering a just transition? We’re delighted to be joined by a panel of experts for this timely discussion.
🗓️ 4th February
⏰ 18:00 - 19:00
📍 Online
Sign up here ⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/what-is-th...
January 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The global voluntary carbon offset market has seen an erosion of trust. Now, insurers are aiming to help fix some of the issues. But can they? My latest via @bloomberg.com 💝 link for 7️⃣ days
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #carboncredit #insurance #carbontrading #carbonoffset #climatechange
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #carboncredit #insurance #carbontrading #carbonoffset #climatechange
Insurers Are Working to Shore Up the $2 Billion Carbon Offset Market
The global voluntary carbon offset market has seen an erosion of trust. Now, insurers are aiming to help fix some of the issues.
www.bloomberg.com
May 24, 2024 at 4:46 PM
The global voluntary carbon offset market has seen an erosion of trust. Now, insurers are aiming to help fix some of the issues. But can they? My latest via @bloomberg.com 💝 link for 7️⃣ days
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #carboncredit #insurance #carbontrading #carbonoffset #climatechange
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #carboncredit #insurance #carbontrading #carbonoffset #climatechange
I wrote a #carbonoffset in grad school in 2006 called Weapons of Grass Destruction on native over manufactured landscapes. It's wonderful to see #wildflowers trending on #bluesky.
March 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I wrote a #carbonoffset in grad school in 2006 called Weapons of Grass Destruction on native over manufactured landscapes. It's wonderful to see #wildflowers trending on #bluesky.
More on NSW’s #GreatKoalaNationalPark #CarbonOffset Swindle:
“taxpayers will pay for 95% of the costs…while carbon offsets will pay for about 5%. Yet the public is told that it is the #carbonoffsets that are providing the “real money”, the park “depends” on”
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
“taxpayers will pay for 95% of the costs…while carbon offsets will pay for about 5%. Yet the public is told that it is the #carbonoffsets that are providing the “real money”, the park “depends” on”
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Great Koala National Park 'dependent' on carbon offsets, but taxpayers will pay 95% of cost
The NSW Government says the Great Koala National Park is “dependent” on money from carbon offsets. Media headlines suggests the offsets are “worth hundreds of millions of dollars”. One supporter of of...
thepoint.com.au
September 13, 2026 at 8:43 AM
More on NSW’s #GreatKoalaNationalPark #CarbonOffset Swindle:
“taxpayers will pay for 95% of the costs…while carbon offsets will pay for about 5%. Yet the public is told that it is the #carbonoffsets that are providing the “real money”, the park “depends” on”
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
“taxpayers will pay for 95% of the costs…while carbon offsets will pay for about 5%. Yet the public is told that it is the #carbonoffsets that are providing the “real money”, the park “depends” on”
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
We've already recorded 9M hectares of #LandDeals for #CarbonOffset projects in our database, with #Indonesia’s #rainforests emerging as a key hotspot 🌴 But do these projects really deliver the climate AND community benefits they promise? Our deal narrative finds out 🔎 bit.ly/4l5qTQF #LandRights
June 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We've already recorded 9M hectares of #LandDeals for #CarbonOffset projects in our database, with #Indonesia’s #rainforests emerging as a key hotspot 🌴 But do these projects really deliver the climate AND community benefits they promise? Our deal narrative finds out 🔎 bit.ly/4l5qTQF #LandRights
Another worrying development in the #geoengineering #climatechange #carbonoffset #carbontrade arena.
Stardust, an Israeli–US startup, intends to patent its unique aerosol technology for temporarily cooling the planet.
A Mysterious Startup Is Developing a New Form of Solar Geoengineering
Stardust, an Israeli–US startup, intends to patent its unique aerosol technology for temporarily cooling the planet.
wrd.cm
March 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Another worrying development in the #geoengineering #climatechange #carbonoffset #carbontrade arena.
New analysis from MSCI Carbon Markets on #carboncredits: 47% of #carbonoffset projects (mostly older ones) rank in the two lowest quality categories.
None get the highest rating & just 1% get the second-highest rating.
#Greenwashing #ClimateCrisis
www.msci.com/documents/10...
None get the highest rating & just 1% get the second-highest rating.
#Greenwashing #ClimateCrisis
www.msci.com/documents/10...
September 24, 2024 at 8:45 AM
New analysis from MSCI Carbon Markets on #carboncredits: 47% of #carbonoffset projects (mostly older ones) rank in the two lowest quality categories.
None get the highest rating & just 1% get the second-highest rating.
#Greenwashing #ClimateCrisis
www.msci.com/documents/10...
None get the highest rating & just 1% get the second-highest rating.
#Greenwashing #ClimateCrisis
www.msci.com/documents/10...
Google Partnering In Indian Farms To Offset Carbon Emissions
Full Story: indiawest.com/google-partn...
#headlines #breakingnews #trendingnews #viralnews #indiawest #news #google #sustainablefarming #carbonoffset #indianagriculture #climateaction
Full Story: indiawest.com/google-partn...
#headlines #breakingnews #trendingnews #viralnews #indiawest #news #google #sustainablefarming #carbonoffset #indianagriculture #climateaction
Google Partnering In Indian Farms To Offset Carbon Emissions - IndiaWest Journal News
Google Partnering In Indian Farms To Offset Carbon Emissions.
indiawest.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Google Partnering In Indian Farms To Offset Carbon Emissions
Full Story: indiawest.com/google-partn...
#headlines #breakingnews #trendingnews #viralnews #indiawest #news #google #sustainablefarming #carbonoffset #indianagriculture #climateaction
Full Story: indiawest.com/google-partn...
#headlines #breakingnews #trendingnews #viralnews #indiawest #news #google #sustainablefarming #carbonoffset #indianagriculture #climateaction
Speaking now at the #CFS53, Jann Lay from @landmatrix.bsky.social and @giga-hamburg.de presenting key findings from our new report on #CarbonOffset projects as a threat to rights - we have a long way to go but we have made 4 crucial recommendations that can get us there: bit.ly/3We89Uf
October 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Speaking now at the #CFS53, Jann Lay from @landmatrix.bsky.social and @giga-hamburg.de presenting key findings from our new report on #CarbonOffset projects as a threat to rights - we have a long way to go but we have made 4 crucial recommendations that can get us there: bit.ly/3We89Uf
Reforestation and Carbon Offset Services Market | Growth 2035 www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/refo...
#Reforestation #CarbonOffset #Sustainability #ClimateAction #GreenTech #EnvironmentalServices #ESG #Innovation #NetZero #ClimateTech
#Reforestation #CarbonOffset #Sustainability #ClimateAction #GreenTech #EnvironmentalServices #ESG #Innovation #NetZero #ClimateTech
Reforestation and Carbon Offset Services Market | Growth 2035
Reforestation and Carbon Offset Services Market Is Projected To Reach a Valuation of USD 22 Billion by 2035, Growing at a CAGR of 5.27% During the 2025 - 2035
www.marketresearchfuture.com
March 23, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Reforestation and Carbon Offset Services Market | Growth 2035 www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/refo...
#Reforestation #CarbonOffset #Sustainability #ClimateAction #GreenTech #EnvironmentalServices #ESG #Innovation #NetZero #ClimateTech
#Reforestation #CarbonOffset #Sustainability #ClimateAction #GreenTech #EnvironmentalServices #ESG #Innovation #NetZero #ClimateTech
@crossref.bsky.social's
#environmentalimpact, #carbonfootprint, #carbonoffset activities
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#climateaction #SDGs
#environmentalimpact, #carbonfootprint, #carbonoffset activities
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#climateaction #SDGs
Summary of the environmental impact of Crossref - Crossref
In June 2022, we wrote a blog post “Rethinking staff travel, meetings, and events” outlining our new approach to staff travel, meetings, and events with the goal of not going back to ‘normal’ after th...
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December 6, 2024 at 12:15 AM
#COP28 Spotlight: #CarbonOffset controversies seize attention as nations prep for climate talks in Dubai. Switzerland faces scrutiny over its climate strategy. CIEL’s
@erikalennon.bsky.social urges real emission reductions in interview with Swissinfo.ch t.co/HJfoRjRaVc
@erikalennon.bsky.social urges real emission reductions in interview with Swissinfo.ch t.co/HJfoRjRaVc
Offset scandals put Switzerland in the spotlight at COP28
Switzerland heads to Dubai for COP28 with a new ambassador and a tweaked climate strategy.
t.co
November 29, 2023 at 11:38 AM
#COP28 Spotlight: #CarbonOffset controversies seize attention as nations prep for climate talks in Dubai. Switzerland faces scrutiny over its climate strategy. CIEL’s
@erikalennon.bsky.social urges real emission reductions in interview with Swissinfo.ch t.co/HJfoRjRaVc
@erikalennon.bsky.social urges real emission reductions in interview with Swissinfo.ch t.co/HJfoRjRaVc