The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which is supposed to offset greenhouse gases emitted in the developed world by selling carbon credits from elsewhere, has been contaminated by gross incompetence, rule-breaking and possible fraud by companies in the developing world, according to UN paperwork, an unpublished expert report and alarming feedback from projects on the ground.
Many Cannes Lions award winners have claimed credit for field work they didn’t do, positive impacts that can’t be confirmed, or campaigns that barely existed.
Parliamentarians are “lending legitimacy” to a “toxic alliance” of attendees at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship event, campaigners warn.
An on-the-ground investigation in Pennsylvania finds unprotected radioactive material next to a popular bike and walking trail.
As fishing communities fight back, Petrobras is going all out to control the narrative, a DeSmog investigation finds.
