An exhaustively-documented new book says that the “carbon trading” approach to climate change is both ineffective and unjust. Carbon trading unnecessarily prolongs the world’s dependence on oil, coal and gas. Moreover, trading “dispossesses ordinary people in the South of their lands and futures without resulting in appreciable progress toward alternative energy systems,” said the book’s editor.
The technology could provide cover for fossil fuel companies to explore more oil and gas drilling, campaigners say.
Activists hope that more and bigger court wins will break the "grinding gridlock" on policies to end use of fossil fuels.
Several major newspapers have amplified a new report on the cost of net zero that contains significant inaccuracies.
A UN expert calls for ending confidential arbitration agreements in development and trade treaties, which are forcing nations to roll back climate, enviro, human rights protections while owing fossil fuel companies billions in damages.
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