#greenwashing — Public Fediverse posts
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RE: https://eupolicy.social/@raphaelweyland/117276655889942011
Nur zu zeigen, dass man (#VW) "könnte, wenn man wollten", reicht halt nicht aus! Dann bleibt es #greenwashing und eine Werbeverkaufsshow. Lasst die #Energieeffizienz-Elemente in ALLE Eure Modelle einfließen, und zwar pronto! Nur bedingt hilfreich wäre es, ein einzelnes (vermutlich noch überteuertes) Modell damit anzubieten. Los geht's, auf geht's, #Effizienzwende, auch bei der #Emobility! Und klar, #Suffizienz, #Verlagerung und #fewerCars wären damit noch nicht abgehandelt.
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RE: https://eupolicy.social/@raphaelweyland/117276655889942011
Nur zu zeigen, dass man (#VW) "könnte, wenn man wollten", reicht halt nicht aus! Dann bleibt es #greenwashing und eine Werbeverkaufsshow. Lasst die #Energieeffizienz-Elemente in ALLE Eure Modelle einfließen, und zwar pronto! Keine große Hilfe wäre, ein einzelnes (vermutlich noch überteuertes) Modell damit anzubieten. Los geht's, auf geht's, #Effizienzwende, auch bei der #Emobility! Und klar, #Suffizienz, #Verlagerung und #fewerCars wären damit noch nicht abgehandelt.
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RE: https://eupolicy.social/@raphaelweyland/117276655889942011
Nur zu zeigen, dass man (#VW) "könnte, wenn man wollten", reicht halt nicht aus! Dann bleibt es #greenwashing und eine Werbeverkaufsshow. Lasst die #Energieeffizienz-Elemente in ALLE Eure Modelle einfließen, und zwar pronto! Keine große Hilfe wäre, ein einzelnes (vermutlich noch überteuertes) Modell damit anzubieten. Los geht's, auf geht's, #Effizienzwende, auch bei der #Emobility! Und klar, #Suffizienz, #Verlagerung und #fewerCars wären damit noch nicht abgehandelt.
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RE: https://eupolicy.social/@raphaelweyland/117276655889942011
Nur zu zeigen, dass man (#VW) "könnte, wenn man wollten", reicht halt nicht aus! Dann bleibt es #greenwashing und eine Werbeverkaufsshow. Lasst die #Energieeffizienz-Elemente in ALLE Eure Modelle einfließen, und zwar pronto! Nur bedingt hilfreich wäre es, ein einzelnes (vermutlich noch überteuertes) Modell damit anzubieten. Los geht's, auf geht's, #Effizienzwende, auch bei der #Emobility! Und klar, #Suffizienz, #Verlagerung und #fewerCars wären damit noch nicht abgehandelt.
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RE: https://eupolicy.social/@raphaelweyland/117276655889942011
Nur zu zeigen, dass man (#VW) "könnte, wenn man wollten", reicht halt nicht aus! Dann bleibt es #greenwashing und eine Werbeverkaufsshow. Lasst die #Energieeffizienz-Elemente in ALLE Eure Modelle einfließen, und zwar pronto! Keine große Hilfe wäre, ein einzelnes (vermutlich noch überteuertes) Modell damit anzubieten. Los geht's, auf geht's, #Effizienzwende, auch bei der #Emobility! Und klar, #Suffizienz, #Verlagerung und #fewerCars wären damit noch nicht abgehandelt.
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@hope_n_beauty @anneroth @umwelthilfe
Habe diese Marke noch nie gesehen 🤷
Konstruktive Alternative: #Hafermilch mache ich mir immer aus #Hafermilchpulver vom #unverpackt-Laden. Das spart 'ne Menge #Diesel bzw. CO₂ für den Transport von #Wasser, was 90 % der Hafermilch ausmacht. Und #TetraPak ist #Greenwashing Mist:
Also wenigstens #Pfandglas nehmen, wenn man nicht selbst schütteln will.
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@hope_n_beauty @anneroth @umwelthilfe
Habe diese Marke noch nie gesehen 🤷
Konstruktive Alternative: #Hafermilch mache ich mir immer aus #Hafermilchpulver vom #unverpackt-Laden. Das spart 'ne Menge #Diesel bzw. CO₂ für den Transport von #Wasser, was 90 % der Hafermilch ausmacht. Und #TetraPak ist #Greenwashing Mist:
Also wenigstens #Pfandglas nehmen, wenn man nicht selbst schütteln will.
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@hope_n_beauty @anneroth @umwelthilfe
Habe diese Marke noch nie gesehen 🤷
Konstruktive Alternative: #Hafermilch mache ich mir immer aus #Hafermilchpulver vom #unverpackt-Laden. Das spart 'ne Menge #Diesel bzw. CO₂ für den Transport von #Wasser, was 90 % der Hafermilch ausmacht. Und #TetraPak ist #Greenwashing Mist:
Also wenigstens #Pfandglas nehmen, wenn man nicht selbst schütteln will.
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@hope_n_beauty @anneroth @umwelthilfe
Habe diese Marke noch nie gesehen 🤷
Konstruktive Alternative: #Hafermilch mache ich mir immer aus #Hafermilchpulver vom #unverpackt-Laden. Das spart 'ne Menge #Diesel bzw. CO₂ für den Transport von #Wasser, was 90 % der Hafermilch ausmacht. Und #TetraPak ist #Greenwashing Mist:
Also wenigstens #Pfandglas nehmen, wenn man nicht selbst schütteln will.
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@hope_n_beauty @anneroth @umwelthilfe
Habe diese Marke noch nie gesehen 🤷
Konstruktive Alternative: #Hafermilch mache ich mir immer aus #Hafermilchpulver vom #unverpackt-Laden. Das spart 'ne Menge #Diesel bzw. CO₂ für den Transport von #Wasser, was 90 % der Hafermilch ausmacht. Und #TetraPak ist #Greenwashing Mist:
Also wenigstens #Pfandglas nehmen, wenn man nicht selbst schütteln will.
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Autoroutes : comment ces infrastructures ont-elles été pensées au lendemain de la guerre et comment pourraient-elles évoluer à l’avenir ? 😑
▶️ La canopée de panneaux solaires => triomphe du #Greenwashing 🤪
▶️ Pensons plutôt à les transformer progressivement en voie de TER ou de TGV
▶️ Et parions qu’avant 2060, certains tronçons d' #Autoroutes auront été classés monuments historiques...
#A69 #StopA69
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/les-chantiers-de-la-recherche/transition-energetique-comment-repenser-le-modele-des-autoroutes-4661746 -
Autoroutes : comment ces infrastructures ont-elles été pensées au lendemain de la guerre et comment pourraient-elles évoluer à l’avenir ? 😑
▶️ La canopée de panneaux solaires => triomphe du #Greenwashing 🤪
▶️ Pensons plutôt à les transformer progressivement en voie de TER ou de TGV
▶️ Et parions qu’avant 2060, certains tronçons d' #Autoroutes auront été classés monuments historiques...
#A69 #StopA69
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/les-chantiers-de-la-recherche/transition-energetique-comment-repenser-le-modele-des-autoroutes-4661746 -
#ProcterGamble owner of 🫧🧼 personal care brands: #Olay #OralB #Ambipur claim to use “sustainable” #palmoil. Yet still cause #palmoil #deforestation. Resist #Greenwashing with your wallet! #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🚱⛔️🌴🪔🔥 @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/03/procter-gamble/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Abby Martin Infiltrated the US Military. It's Worse Than You Think
#usterror #greenwashing #usmilitary #uspol #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #climateemergency #usimperialism
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#News: 🇮🇩 #Indonesian gov and #companies mislabelled crude #palmoil #CPO as waste #POME to dodge taxes. They supply #EU giants like #Neste. Dirty palm oil #fraud fuels #deforestation and #greenwashing Close #EUDR loopholes #BoycottPalmOil @palmoildetectives https://eia-international.org/blog/green-fuel-compromised-by-dirty-trade-a-look-at-indonesias-palm-oil-export-scandal/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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“Sustainable” palm oil = #greenwashing. Instead #Boycottpalmoil every time you shop. Ingredient names: STEAR GLYC PALM LAUR are generally #palmoil. Avoid these and use your wallet as a weapon! #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🪔🩸🚜🔥☠️🧐🙊 @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/11/palm-oil-free-brands/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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RE: https://digitalcourage.social/@skruij/117123893689483678
#WandelMut #LeseLust. Das Kuratieren der Bücher ist zuweilen herausfordernd.
Das Thema ist wichtig und der Ansatz gut. Doch wie gut lassen sich Autorinnen und Autoren wirklich von ihren Werken trennen? Wann wird ein Buch zum #GreenWashing oder #SocialWashing? Aktuelles Beispiel 👇🏼(Meine Kritik in den Kommentaren)
Kann ich ein Buch, das von Vertreterinnen aus großen US-BigTech geschrieben wurde, wirklich guten Gewissens empfehlen? 🤔
Lasst mir gern Kommentare da, wie Ihr darüber denkt. Danke!
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Questionable Climate Active certification scheme is coming to an end https://www.edo.org.au/2026/07/28/questionable-climate-active-certification-scheme-is-coming-to-an-end/ #trademark #greenwashing #certification
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Consumer #boycotts are aggressively attacked by whole industries and #greenwashing #ecolabels like #RSPO as being ineffective. Yet a strong body of evidence shows they galvanise social change and empower citizens #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-2aA?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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Ça rejoint les accords avec MSoft, Google ou Zoom...
Ça me met dans un état de... Comme de l'écoanxiété... Une anxiété à propos de l'avenir des jeunes qui sont devant moi tous les jours.
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Y a que moi que ça énerve de voir des « ressources pédagogiques gratuites » sur les énergies, la transition énergétique et le développement durable fournies par… #TotalÉnergies !
Ou bien ?Bon, c'est pas des ressources libres hein, elles sont sous copyright tout de même, faut pas pousser non plus, avec avec nécessité de création de compte pour y accéder. 😡
Mais bon… Total qui vient t'expliquer le développement durable !
#GreenWashing, bonne conscience, je m'achète une vertu, toussa⋅ -
@LOrealGroupe is worth it...worth boycotting forever 🧐👎because they use so-called "sustainable" #palmoil that still causes #deforestation! Resist the #greenwashing lie and #Boycott4Wildlife #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔⛔️🔥 @palmoildetectives https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/09/loreal/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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👻 #Mythos zum #Frühstück: 😱
„Mit #CCS lassen sich #Gaskraftwerke #klimaneutral betreiben“.
Auf der UN-Klimakonferenz (COP28) einigte man sich auf den „Übergang“ weg von fossilen Brennstoffen - NICHT den Ausstieg. Es blieben Hintertüren wie CO2-Abscheidung und -Speicherung, um weiterhin fossile Brennstoffen nutzen zu können. Aber geht das überhaupt?
#CCS #CO2Speicherung #Greenwashing #Emissionen #Klimapolitik #Faktencheck
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@stefanmuelller @millions4earth_de
Hi Stefan,
sag Du es mir 😄: e.V., gGmbH, eG? Was trennt ein Projekt von einer Organisation oder Bewegung?Philosophie beiseite: Ich suche tatsächlich eher Wirtschaftsunternehmen ggf. auch Social Businesses, die sich auf den Weg machen, nachhaltige Wirtschaft zu betreiben und das Gemeinwohl zu fördern. Gerne ohne #greenwashing...
@millions4earth_de sollte nichtsdestotrotz in der #GWÖ Bubble auf den Schirm kommen!
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#News: From Space mirrors to bombing the Arctic, engineers have come up with strange ideas to meddle with #climate. Experts warn #geoengineering gambles are pure #Greenwashing to delay banning #fossilfuels #ClimateChange #ClimateActionNow 🌍🔥 @palmoildetectives
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/06/five-outlandish-plans-to-remodel-earth-climate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer -
IRREFUTABLE: had the #MarkCarney government not ripped up the #AntiGreenwashing laws, they would ABSOLUTELY be breaking the law right now.
If you say it's okay you're saying it's okay he's a liar and it's okay he's lying to us.
#Greenwashing #ClimateChange #cdnpoli
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jeuzjfwsgn62xfoe7qo4jul5/post/3mufr3ay2dc2e -
Was ändert sich ab September 2026 in Deutschland 🇩🇪 ?
#Steuerberatung #Alkoholverbot #Greenwashing #Gewährleistungslabel
Neue Gesetze, Verordnungen und Regelungen >>>
https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/gesetzliche-neuregelungen-september-2026-2450158 -
📌El plástico no solo contamina, está destruyendo la «infraestructura» de la vida del planeta
https://carabanchel.net/el-plastico-no-solo-contamina-esta-destruyendo-la-infraestructura-de-la-vida-del-planeta/
#Carabanchel #Madrid #contaminacion #Greenpeace #greenwashing #industriapetroquímica #plastico #sistemaSDDR #soluciones -
#News: Endless #economic #growth on a finite planet is a LIE. Here's 8 #greenwashing myths pushing #fossilfuels that drive #inequality. Fight for a system based on wellbeing and justice #HumanRights #AnimalRights #Boycott4Wildlife 🌍🛑 @palmoildetectives https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/07/eight-economic-myths-that-are-helping-destroy-our-future/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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@benhuser
E-Fuels mehr Gewissensberuhigung als Lösung?
Synthetische Treibstoffe würden es ermöglichen, die bestehende Infrastruktur beizubehalten, sie lösen das Energieproblem aber nicht. Bei Fahrzeugen gilt inzwischen direkter Elektroantrieb als deutlich effizienter und kostengünstiger. Da Batterien zu schwer sind, könnten E-Fuels für Langstreckenflüge eine Rolle spielen. Es ist aber wenig realistisch, das derzeitige Flugvolumen damit beizubehalten.
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Thanks Lute, "vegan" is a #greenwashing in relation to palm oil. FYI since its inception 30 years ago, RSPO "sustainable" #palmoil has not managed to prevent any company in the #supplychain from stopping #deforestation. Sustainable = massive #greenwash palmoildetectives.com/2024/11/12/g...
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Interne documenten tonen aan: Shell kende gebreken oliepijpleiding in Nigerdelta maar pakte die niet aan (NRC kadolink)
Olievervuiling Shell bleef doelbewust een gebrekkige oliepijpleiding gebruiken in de Nigerdelta waardoor grootschalige olievervuiling kon ontstaan, in strijd met de eigen gedragscode. Het is een van de bevindingen in een op Shell-documenten gebaseerd rapport van acht ngo’s. „Shell heeft zijn aandeelhouders misleid.”
#shell #nigeria #milieu #milieuvervuiling #HSSE #somo #multinational #olievervuiling #FossieleBrandstof #greenwashing
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Interne documenten tonen aan: Shell kende gebreken oliepijpleiding in Nigerdelta maar pakte die niet aan (NRC kadolink)
Olievervuiling Shell bleef doelbewust een gebrekkige oliepijpleiding gebruiken in de Nigerdelta waardoor grootschalige olievervuiling kon ontstaan, in strijd met de eigen gedragscode. Het is een van de bevindingen in een op Shell-documenten gebaseerd rapport van acht ngo’s. „Shell heeft zijn aandeelhouders misleid.”
#shell #nigeria #milieu #milieuvervuiling #HSSE #somo #multinational #olievervuiling #FossieleBrandstof #greenwashing
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Interne documenten tonen aan: Shell kende gebreken oliepijpleiding in Nigerdelta maar pakte die niet aan (NRC kadolink)
Olievervuiling Shell bleef doelbewust een gebrekkige oliepijpleiding gebruiken in de Nigerdelta waardoor grootschalige olievervuiling kon ontstaan, in strijd met de eigen gedragscode. Het is een van de bevindingen in een op Shell-documenten gebaseerd rapport van acht ngo’s. „Shell heeft zijn aandeelhouders misleid.”
#shell #nigeria #milieu #milieuvervuiling #HSSE #somo #multinational #olievervuiling #FossieleBrandstof #greenwashing
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Interne documenten tonen aan: Shell kende gebreken oliepijpleiding in Nigerdelta maar pakte die niet aan (NRC kadolink)
Olievervuiling Shell bleef doelbewust een gebrekkige oliepijpleiding gebruiken in de Nigerdelta waardoor grootschalige olievervuiling kon ontstaan, in strijd met de eigen gedragscode. Het is een van de bevindingen in een op Shell-documenten gebaseerd rapport van acht ngo’s. „Shell heeft zijn aandeelhouders misleid.”
#shell #nigeria #milieu #milieuvervuiling #HSSE #somo #multinational #olievervuiling #FossieleBrandstof #greenwashing
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Interne documenten tonen aan: Shell kende gebreken oliepijpleiding in Nigerdelta maar pakte die niet aan (NRC kadolink)
Olievervuiling Shell bleef doelbewust een gebrekkige oliepijpleiding gebruiken in de Nigerdelta waardoor grootschalige olievervuiling kon ontstaan, in strijd met de eigen gedragscode. Het is een van de bevindingen in een op Shell-documenten gebaseerd rapport van acht ngo’s. „Shell heeft zijn aandeelhouders misleid.”
#shell #nigeria #milieu #milieuvervuiling #HSSE #somo #multinational #olievervuiling #FossieleBrandstof #greenwashing
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#SamAltman and others at #OpenAI are trying wicked hard to convince folks that they're all about saving #Nature... Buying #JackieAndShadow's home and now this... Um, sorry Sam and friends. It doesn't make up for the #NoisePollution, #WaterPollution, pollution from #EnergyConsumption , etc. for the #AIHouseOfCards... But folks are seeing right through that!
#OpenAI flew influencers to a #NatureResort to fix its image. The internet called it #greenwashing.
OpenAI flew a group of influencers to a $2,000-a-night wellness resort to warm up the public mood around #AI. Days before a reported $500bn #Datacentre deal, the internet called it greenwashing, and the creators got the backlash.
August 4, 2026
"The event, branded 'Summer Camp,' ran at Wildflower Farms, a resort in New York’s #HudsonValley where rooms can top $2,000 a night, Business Insider reported. Creators posted farm-to-table dinners under bistro lights, a beekeeping session, and classes on OpenAI’s tools. They went home with branded canvas bags and jars of honey.
"The videos were soft-focus and lighthearted. The comments were not. Across TikTok, Reddit, X and Instagram, people called the trip 'dystopian' and accused OpenAI of greenwashing. One commenter told TechCrunch the issue was timing: '#TheWorldIsOnFire. It’s not a great time to brag about your $5,000-a-night suite.' "
Read more:
https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-summer-camp-influencer-retreat-greenwashing-backlash#NoDatacenters #TheWorldIsBurning #USPol #AISucks #BigPower #BigData #ResistDataCenters #PowerCorruptionAndLies #AIDatacenters
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El “falso” ecologismo capturado por las redes del poder
El “falso” ecologismo capturado por las redes del poder #eólica #solar #paneles #fotovoltaicos #turbinas #transición #energética #capitalismo #greenwashing #aliente #impacto #medioambiental #montoro #forestalia #corrupción #pp #galicia #castilla #y #leon #MedioAmbiente -
O que os direitos digitais têm a ver com a crise climática?
América Latina vive nova encruzilhada colonial. Norte busca capturar suas terras raras e controlar, por meio das big techs, seu espaço público. Coesão social e natureza estão em risco, mas surgem alternativas. As decisões políticas, mais uma vez, definirão o destino -
From Google's newly invented carbon metric to two key AI clouds that publish no environmental data at all, the Computing annual sustainability audit goes under the AI microscope. Penny Horwood explains how – and why.
#greenwashing #google #meta #microsoft #datacenter #oracle #technews #cloud #nscale #coreweave #ai
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An example of the mess from #deathcult centrism
Don’t worry too much, the corporate world has solutions, we look here at #ESG which stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. Its advocates say that if companies disclose enough data about their environmental and social behaviour, “good” corporate conduct will be rewarded by investors with higher share prices. Let's really look at #ESG, for what they are, #greenwash, a system of delay, distraction, and capture - on this #deatcult path this it is not a mistake, it is a function. […]https://hamishcampbell.com/an-example-of-the-mess-from-deathcult-centrism/
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Seeing Forest As Merely A Carbon “Commodity”: Dangerous Greenwashing
The huge danger of commodifying forests and seeing them as merely an “investment” to be bought and sold as ‘carbon credits’ has many loopholes that deny indigenous sovereignty, social and economic outcomes of communities and pose grave extinction risks to wild animals and plants. Take action when you shop and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
The huge danger of commodifying #forests 🌿 🔥 and seeing them as merely an “investment”, denies #indigenous sovereignty, social and economic outcomes of communities and #extinction risks. #humanrights 🌴⛔️ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-92u
Share to BlueSky Share to Twitter‘Carbon credits’ turn #forest 🌳🔥 ecosystems into investments but deny #indigenous communities their rights and are often blatant #greenwashing. Use your wallet as a weapon and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #landrights @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-92u
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterWritten by Constance McDermott, Senior Fellow in Forest Governance and Leader of Ecosystems Governance Group, University of Oxford; Eric Kumeh Mensah, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Oxford, and Mark Hirons, Environmental Social Science Research Fellow, University of Oxford. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Forests are great carbon sinks – they absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they release. Globally, forests remove nearly all of the two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide that is currently being removed from the atmosphere every year.
These days, companies can buy “carbon credits” for the carbon that is stored in living forests and offset this against their own greenhouse gas emissions. International financiers estimate that by 2050, Africa could be selling US$1.5 trillion in carbon credits per year, mainly from its forests. Environmental social scientists Constance L. McDermott, Eric Mensah Kumeh and Mark Hirons are co-authors of a report on global forest governance for the International Union of Forest Research Organisations. They have found that buying and selling forest carbon as a commodity is dangerous if it is prioritised over the other environmental and social uses of forests. It could even result in environmental damage and the displacement of forest-dependent people.
What is a carbon sink?
All living things contain carbon, and are considered carbon sinks when they absorb more carbon from the atmosphere than they release. Many ecosystems serve as carbon sinks, but forests have a large biomass (wood and twigs and leaves on the forest floor). This makes them a very important sink from a climate perspective.
The carbon that trees capture is sequestered (stored) in their wood, leaves or needles, and roots. When forests are cut down or burned, their stored carbon is released into the atmosphere and becomes a source of carbon emissions rather than a sink. Forest carbon sinks can be conserved by leaving live trees standing, or created and enhanced by planting or natural regeneration of trees.
Why is it a problem for a forest to be seen only as a carbon sink?
Forests support and regulate soil, water and nutrient flows, and provide habitat for the majority of the world’s species that live on land. They provide people with food, fuel, fibre, medicine and other products.
They are important to the cultural survival and well-being of many communities. In Africa alone, an estimated 245 million people live within five kilometres of a forest, and many of these people rely directly on forests for their livelihoods.
Our research found that forests are increasingly being managed as carbon sinks, and the carbon they store treated as a commodity that can be internationally traded. Carbon markets allow businesses and governments to earn credits by paying for forests that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which is cheaper than reducing their own emissions. This is part of what we call the climatisation of forests.
Animal agriculture and meat, The contents of your fridge and dining table directly impacts the future of rare rainforest and ocean animals. That’s because industrial agriculture and aquaculture for commodities like meat, dairy, fish and palm oil is driving animals in the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet closer towards extinction.Governing forests only as carbon sinks can promote “green grabs” where non-forested land, such as grasslands, used by communities for farming and other activities, is taken from the community and used by wealthy companies or governments to plant large tracts of trees to store carbon. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, is being targeted as a readily available and inexpensive location for one million hectares of forest restoration and tree plantations.
This is especially threatening for people who do not have secure rights to the forests and land they depend on. These communities can even be restricted or banned from entering the forest. Research has found that forest-dependent communities are rarely given power to address their own priorities in forest carbon sink schemes. This can cause conflict locally and weaken local democracy.
Let’s take the example of the Mai-Ndombe forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which supports about 100,000 people in 23 villages. Activities in the Mai-Ndombe under the global Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) climate change mechanism have focused on changing the practices of local forest-dependent communities away from cutting trees for artisanal logging or firewood collection. These communities have also been told not to continue with traditional methods of shifting cultivation (where parts of a forest are temporarily cleared to grow food crops without deforesting the area permanently).
Yet in Mai-Ndombe and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s other forests, land is already allocated to companies for timber (mainly for the export market), for mining, and increasingly for forest carbon sequestration. The result is that large companies continue to extract major economic benefits from forests in ways that exclude local communities.
Ghana’s Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme is another example. In a bid to reduce deforestation and increase forest carbon stocks, the government of Ghana pays farmers and local communities to not plant cocoa crops in forested areas and to grow shade trees on their cocoa farms.
These efforts to share benefits locally are very important. However, asking farmers to plant or conserve trees does not address the fact that farmers are not earning a living income from selling cocoa.
Ghana’s cocoa farmers receive less than 7.5% of the value of a chocolate bar sold in international markets, and they suffer from food insecurity and increasing crop failures due to climate change. They do not have legal rights to the native trees that regenerate naturally on their cocoa farms.
The focus of REDD+ on channelling large amounts of money into forests as carbon could mean that many farmers lose access to land for growing food and meeting other livelihood needs – unless this is balanced by major investments to address the core challenges the farmers are facing.
What are some solutions?
Forests can absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide and still support communities. A people-centred approach to forests is needed. This means giving local communities secure rights to their land and forest resources, and governing forests according to what best suits the local context, rather than making forest use fit the international market.
The important role of traditional authorities and local customs in managing land and resolving conflicts must be recognised. Many traditional practices have managed forests sustainably for thousands of years. The challenge is to value and support these alternative approaches.
Written by Constance McDermott, Senior Fellow in Forest Governance and Leader of Ecosystems Governance Group, University of Oxford; Eric Kumeh Mensah, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Oxford, and Mark Hirons, Environmental Social Science Research Fellow, University of Oxford. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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