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News Article
July 24, 2024
The Paris Olympics Are a Lesson in Greenwashing
The Olympics are a sustainability nightmare, and Paris, despite its efforts, is no exception.
News Article
November 23, 2022
The World Cup In Qatar Is a Climate Catastrophe
Large sporting events often claim to be carbon neutral. But often this assertion is greenwashing, and it hides the incredible amount of pollution they actually create
News Article
October 12, 2022
Why Planting New Forests Could Do More Harm Than Good
Misguided projects to plant trillions of trees distract from the real work of controlling carbon emissions and reining in climate change.
News Article
October 12, 2022
Can't Plant Our Way Out
Misguided schemes to plant trillions of trees distract from the real work of controlling carbon emissions and reining in climate change.
News Article
August 21, 2022
Carbon Offsets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver explains what carbon offsets are, what they claim to do, how they might be making climate change even worse, and, of course, how Oscar Isaac is getting hotter.
News Article
March 11, 2020
The Swedish Energy Agency has Stopped Buying Carbon Credits from Green Resources' Destructive Plantations in Uganda
The Swedish Energy Agency has cancelled its contract to buy carbon credits from Green Resources. The Swedish Energy Agency has finally recognised the impacts that Green Resources’ industrial tree plantations have on local communities in Kachung in Uganda. The Swedish Energy Agency’s decision followed a field visit to Kachung.
Press Release
March 11, 2020
Swedish Energy Agency Terminates Carbon Credits Agreement with Green Resources
Citing concerns that villagers in Uganda "were deprived of vital resources and experienced threats and violence" along with land ownership issues, SEA's decision finally recognizes the devastating impact that Green Resources has had on the local population.
News Article
March 10, 2020
Sweden Drops Uganda Forest Carbon Deal with Green Resources Due to Unresolved Land Disputes
After four years in limbo, the Swedish Energy Agency is terminating its agreement with the Norwegian forestry company Green Resources for the purchase of carbon credits from the Kachung pine plantation in Uganda, citing unresolved disputes with local people over land use, an agency spokesperson confirms to Development Today.
News Article
February 12, 2020
A False Forest in Uganda
How a project claiming sustainable development and climate change mitigation brought human rights abuse and environmental destruction. What connects Ugandan farmers, a Norwegian company, Sweden and Caribbean Pine trees? A questionable project that claims to fight climate change, but instead drew attention for human rights abuse and environmental deterioration. In the Central Forest Reserve of Kachung, Uganda, a Norwegian company called Green Resources leases around 2,500 hectares to grow pine trees.
News Article
October 29, 2019
Vädjan om mat och vatten tonades ned i Energimyndighetens rapport
Energimyndigheten köper sedan 2011 utsläppsminskningar från ett projekt som planterar tallar i Uganda. För att ge plats åt klimatskogen fördrevs småbönder. Enligt flera rapporter lider lokalbefolkningen sedan dess av brist på mat och vatten men deras larm tonas ner i myndighetens kommunikation, visar DN:s granskning. – Återbeskogning är en viktig insats för att klara klimatmålen, skriver Energimyndigheten i ett mejl till DN Energimyndigheten köper utsläppsminskningar från ett stort projekt där norska företaget Green Resources planterar tallar i Kachung i norra Uganda.
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