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Australian environmental standards?
Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna -
Australian environmental standards?
Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna -
Australian environmental standards?
Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna -
Australian environmental standards?
Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna -
Australian environmental standards?
Australia’s old environment laws were a box‑ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-old-environment-laws-were-a-box-ticking-exercise-sadly-the-new-ones-could-be-too-283069"We're facing a deforestation crisis here in the Territory, with the bulldozers rolling in on the world's last intact tropical savanna, while the federal government looks away."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/claravale-land-clearing-judicial-review-environment-minister/106714566
#EPBCAct #biodiversity #conservation #BoxTicking #laws #WeakStandards #regulation #nature #offsets #extractivism #fastTack #deforestation #TropicalSavanna -
I started exploring #offset to find a meaningful counterbalance for the #emissions I haven't cut. Once I explored #carbon #offsets, I was disappointed at the number of problems that have been identified and studies for decades now. Read more...
#climateaction #climate
https://www.co2mmit.org/p/cant-i-just-write-a-check -
I started exploring #offset to find a meaningful counterbalance for the #emissions I haven't cut. Once I explored #carbon #offsets, I was disappointed at the number of problems that have been identified and studies for decades now. Read more...
#climateaction #climate
https://www.co2mmit.org/p/cant-i-just-write-a-check -
I started exploring #offset to find a meaningful counterbalance for the #emissions I haven't cut. Once I explored #carbon #offsets, I was disappointed at the number of problems that have been identified and studies for decades now. Read more...
#climateaction #climate
https://www.co2mmit.org/p/cant-i-just-write-a-check -
I started exploring #offset to find a meaningful counterbalance for the #emissions I haven't cut. Once I explored #carbon #offsets, I was disappointed at the number of problems that have been identified and studies for decades now. Read more...
#climateaction #climate
https://www.co2mmit.org/p/cant-i-just-write-a-check -
I started exploring #offset to find a meaningful counterbalance for the #emissions I haven't cut. Once I explored #carbon #offsets, I was disappointed at the number of problems that have been identified and studies for decades now. Read more...
#climateaction #climate
https://www.co2mmit.org/p/cant-i-just-write-a-check -
Wood harvesting and forest management are depleting carbon storage. Old-growth forests in Sweden store ~72% more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference.
The top meter of soils in lowland primary forests contained roughly 64% of total C on average.
Didac Pascual et al. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz8554
#carbon #carbonSinks #deforestation #timber #emissions #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forestry #offsets
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Wood harvesting and forest management are depleting carbon storage. Old-growth forests in Sweden store ~72% more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference.
The top meter of soils in lowland primary forests contained roughly 64% of total C on average.
Didac Pascual et al. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz8554
#carbon #carbonSinks #deforestation #timber #emissions #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forestry #offsets
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Wood harvesting and forest management are depleting carbon storage. Old-growth forests in Sweden store ~72% more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference.
The top meter of soils in lowland primary forests contained roughly 64% of total C on average.
Didac Pascual et al. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz8554
#carbon #carbonSinks #deforestation #timber #emissions #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forestry #offsets
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Wood harvesting and forest management are depleting carbon storage. Old-growth forests in Sweden store ~72% more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference.
The top meter of soils in lowland primary forests contained roughly 64% of total C on average.
Didac Pascual et al. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz8554
#carbon #carbonSinks #deforestation #timber #emissions #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forestry #offsets
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Wood harvesting and forest management are depleting carbon storage. Old-growth forests in Sweden store ~72% more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference.
The top meter of soils in lowland primary forests contained roughly 64% of total C on average.
Didac Pascual et al. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz8554
#carbon #carbonSinks #deforestation #timber #emissions #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forestry #offsets
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Accountancy is the distraction international climate institutions pursue. They err because reducing emissions would imply devaluing the fossil fuel assets of powerful actors. 🧵 #carbon #carbonPricing #fossilFuels #carbonCredits #offsets #industrialPolicy #climatePolicy #economy #policySky
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Accountancy is the distraction international climate institutions pursue. They err because reducing emissions would imply devaluing the fossil fuel assets of powerful actors. 🧵
#assets #assetStranding #carbonPricing #fossilFuels #carbonCredits #offsets #industrialPolicy #climatePolicy #economy #windfallProfits #carbon
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"The cause of climate change is the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels. But instead of focusing on the fundamental root cause, we’ve been focused on the interim product, emissions.
"But what I show in the book is that managing tons is an extremely narrow and technical understanding of the problem of climate change."Jessica Green: https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/the-big-flaw-in-climate-policy-were-trying-to-solve-the-wrong-problem/
#assets #carbonPricing #fossilFuels #carbonCredits #offsets #industrialPolicy #climatePolicy #economy #windfallProfits
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When there is so much going wrong in the world, it can be free to do something right. Here’s a review of one of my favorite #offsets, paid by #TheCoin's yield capture.
One of my earliest memories is of my Dad marking exams by lantern light (pictured). So when we found an offset subsidizing solar lighting in Kenya & Uganda, it was an easy one to support. (1/2)
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Hello #Fediverse! 👋
I’m a software developer based in Lundar, Manitoba 🇨🇦, building #TheCoin, a climate-fintech project that flips the math on #ClimateAction.
Politics and corporate goodwill struggle to address the climate crisis, personal action is hard to scale. That's why I built TheCoin, a system to reward individuals and fund climate projects through verified #offsets.
Looking forward to meeting the #ClimateTech, #Fintech, and #BuildInPublic communities here! 🌍
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Hello #Fediverse! 👋
I’m a software developer based in Lundar, Manitoba 🇨🇦, building #TheCoin, a climate-fintech project that flips the math on #ClimateAction.
Politics and corporate goodwill struggle to address the climate crisis, personal action is hard to scale. That's why I built TheCoin, a system to reward individuals and fund climate projects through verified #offsets.
Looking forward to meeting the #ClimateTech, #Fintech, and #BuildInPublic communities here! 🌍
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Exchange rates for different forms of environmental destruction:
From ‘net zero’ to ‘net gain’. The platypus-to-possum exchange rate
"Net gain’ allows/requires the use of offsets that are not like-for-like: I can destroy some platypus habitat if someone else protects some possum habitat.""A bureaucrat is literally going to have to develop the platypus-to-possum exchange rate. I am not kidding; a bureaucrat is going to have to develop exchange rates for different forms of environmental destruction."
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https://michaelwest.com.au/from-net-zero-to-net-gain-the-platypus-to-possum-exchange-rate/
#Environment #biodiversity #BeanCounterEcology #offsets #EPBCAct #governance #destruction
The endangered Southern Pink Underwing Moth, Mural, Bellingen -
Biodiversity offsets failed to protect habitat in NSW.
Now federal Labor is about to make the same mistakes, critics warn"Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default. An auditor general report found the government had no strategy for ensuring the offset market delivered the required environmental outcomes."
"In plain terms, development was occurring that harmed nature, money was accumulating in the fund because there were not enough offsets to compensate for that harm and species were being pushed closer to extinction."
“Turning offsets into an easy payment option flips the whole logic of environmental protection on its head."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/15/biodiversity-offset-scheme-nsw-australia-failing-nature-protection
#biodiversity #uniqueness #conservation #offsets #markets #GreenCapitalism #RestorationContributions #ecosystem #destruction #harm #NSW #governance #regulation #BeanCounterEcology #failure #BAU #EPBCAct #extinction -
Biodiversity offsets failed to protect habitat in NSW.
Now federal Labor is about to make the same mistakes, critics warn"Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default. An auditor general report found the government had no strategy for ensuring the offset market delivered the required environmental outcomes."
"In plain terms, development was occurring that harmed nature, money was accumulating in the fund because there were not enough offsets to compensate for that harm and species were being pushed closer to extinction."
“Turning offsets into an easy payment option flips the whole logic of environmental protection on its head."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/15/biodiversity-offset-scheme-nsw-australia-failing-nature-protection
#biodiversity #uniqueness #conservation #offsets #markets #GreenCapitalism #RestorationContributions #ecosystem #destruction #harm #NSW #governance #regulation #BeanCounterEcology #failure #BAU #EPBCAct #extinction -
Biodiversity offsets failed to protect habitat in NSW.
Now federal Labor is about to make the same mistakes, critics warn"Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default. An auditor general report found the government had no strategy for ensuring the offset market delivered the required environmental outcomes."
"In plain terms, development was occurring that harmed nature, money was accumulating in the fund because there were not enough offsets to compensate for that harm and species were being pushed closer to extinction."
“Turning offsets into an easy payment option flips the whole logic of environmental protection on its head."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/15/biodiversity-offset-scheme-nsw-australia-failing-nature-protection
#biodiversity #uniqueness #conservation #offsets #markets #GreenCapitalism #RestorationContributions #ecosystem #destruction #harm #NSW #governance #regulation #BeanCounterEcology #failure #BAU #EPBCAct #extinction -
Biodiversity offsets failed to protect habitat in NSW.
Now federal Labor is about to make the same mistakes, critics warn"Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default. An auditor general report found the government had no strategy for ensuring the offset market delivered the required environmental outcomes."
"In plain terms, development was occurring that harmed nature, money was accumulating in the fund because there were not enough offsets to compensate for that harm and species were being pushed closer to extinction."
“Turning offsets into an easy payment option flips the whole logic of environmental protection on its head."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/15/biodiversity-offset-scheme-nsw-australia-failing-nature-protection
#biodiversity #uniqueness #conservation #offsets #markets #GreenCapitalism #RestorationContributions #ecosystem #destruction #harm #NSW #governance #regulation #BeanCounterEcology #failure #BAU #EPBCAct #extinction -
Biodiversity offsets failed to protect habitat in NSW.
Now federal Labor is about to make the same mistakes, critics warn"Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default. An auditor general report found the government had no strategy for ensuring the offset market delivered the required environmental outcomes."
"In plain terms, development was occurring that harmed nature, money was accumulating in the fund because there were not enough offsets to compensate for that harm and species were being pushed closer to extinction."
“Turning offsets into an easy payment option flips the whole logic of environmental protection on its head."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/15/biodiversity-offset-scheme-nsw-australia-failing-nature-protection
#biodiversity #uniqueness #conservation #offsets #markets #GreenCapitalism #RestorationContributions #ecosystem #destruction #harm #NSW #governance #regulation #BeanCounterEcology #failure #BAU #EPBCAct #extinction -
https://www.europesays.com/uk/550602/ Weakening the EU 2040 target would fail to deliver clear signal… #2040 #agreed #emissions #EU #Europe #European #government #inclusive #ministers #offsets #reduction #Reliance #target #WateredDown
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The so called "Environment Protection Reform Bill."
Protecting Australia's extraordinary wildlife ?"The proposed changes to the EPBC Act do not deal with its fundamental problem: despite its name, the law does not prioritise protecting the environment. Its principle role is to allow projects – including fossil fuel developments – to go ahead, with some conditions attached to limit environmental damage."
"Native forest logging overseen by the states has been effectively exempt, despite a long list of legal cases in which it was found to have breached the laws. Forest destruction on private land for agriculture – a major driver of biodiversity loss across vast areas of western New South Wales and Queensland, and the Northern Territory – has rarely been assessed."
"There is little sign the legislation will tackle the huge problem of deforestation. Millions of hectares have been cleared without federal oversight, mostly for industrial farming. The state of the environment report cited evidence that 93% of the threatened species habitat cleared between 2000 and 2017 was not referred for assessment under national law. One hundred scientists wrote to Albanese this week calling for this to be urgently addressed."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/25/as-the-coalition-shows-its-colours-on-nature-labor-faces-a-question-will-it-really-protect-australias-wildlife
#biodiversity #climate #FossilFuels #EPBCAct #CoalGas #deforestation #acceleration #offsets #NSWLogging -
The so called "Environment Protection Reform Bill."
Protecting Australia's extraordinary wildlife ?"The proposed changes to the EPBC Act do not deal with its fundamental problem: despite its name, the law does not prioritise protecting the environment. Its principle role is to allow projects – including fossil fuel developments – to go ahead, with some conditions attached to limit environmental damage."
"Native forest logging overseen by the states has been effectively exempt, despite a long list of legal cases in which it was found to have breached the laws. Forest destruction on private land for agriculture – a major driver of biodiversity loss across vast areas of western New South Wales and Queensland, and the Northern Territory – has rarely been assessed."
"There is little sign the legislation will tackle the huge problem of deforestation. Millions of hectares have been cleared without federal oversight, mostly for industrial farming. The state of the environment report cited evidence that 93% of the threatened species habitat cleared between 2000 and 2017 was not referred for assessment under national law. One hundred scientists wrote to Albanese this week calling for this to be urgently addressed."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/25/as-the-coalition-shows-its-colours-on-nature-labor-faces-a-question-will-it-really-protect-australias-wildlife
#biodiversity #climate #FossilFuels #EPBCAct #CoalGas #deforestation #acceleration #offsets #NSWLogging -
The so called "Environment Protection Reform Bill."
Protecting Australia's extraordinary wildlife ?"The proposed changes to the EPBC Act do not deal with its fundamental problem: despite its name, the law does not prioritise protecting the environment. Its principle role is to allow projects – including fossil fuel developments – to go ahead, with some conditions attached to limit environmental damage."
"Native forest logging overseen by the states has been effectively exempt, despite a long list of legal cases in which it was found to have breached the laws. Forest destruction on private land for agriculture – a major driver of biodiversity loss across vast areas of western New South Wales and Queensland, and the Northern Territory – has rarely been assessed."
"There is little sign the legislation will tackle the huge problem of deforestation. Millions of hectares have been cleared without federal oversight, mostly for industrial farming. The state of the environment report cited evidence that 93% of the threatened species habitat cleared between 2000 and 2017 was not referred for assessment under national law. One hundred scientists wrote to Albanese this week calling for this to be urgently addressed."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/25/as-the-coalition-shows-its-colours-on-nature-labor-faces-a-question-will-it-really-protect-australias-wildlife
#biodiversity #climate #FossilFuels #EPBCAct #CoalGas #deforestation #acceleration #offsets #NSWLogging -
The so called "Environment Protection Reform Bill."
Protecting Australia's extraordinary wildlife ?"The proposed changes to the EPBC Act do not deal with its fundamental problem: despite its name, the law does not prioritise protecting the environment. Its principle role is to allow projects – including fossil fuel developments – to go ahead, with some conditions attached to limit environmental damage."
"Native forest logging overseen by the states has been effectively exempt, despite a long list of legal cases in which it was found to have breached the laws. Forest destruction on private land for agriculture – a major driver of biodiversity loss across vast areas of western New South Wales and Queensland, and the Northern Territory – has rarely been assessed."
"There is little sign the legislation will tackle the huge problem of deforestation. Millions of hectares have been cleared without federal oversight, mostly for industrial farming. The state of the environment report cited evidence that 93% of the threatened species habitat cleared between 2000 and 2017 was not referred for assessment under national law. One hundred scientists wrote to Albanese this week calling for this to be urgently addressed."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/25/as-the-coalition-shows-its-colours-on-nature-labor-faces-a-question-will-it-really-protect-australias-wildlife
#biodiversity #climate #FossilFuels #EPBCAct #CoalGas #deforestation #acceleration #offsets #NSWLogging -
The so called "Environment Protection Reform Bill."
Protecting Australia's extraordinary wildlife ?"The proposed changes to the EPBC Act do not deal with its fundamental problem: despite its name, the law does not prioritise protecting the environment. Its principle role is to allow projects – including fossil fuel developments – to go ahead, with some conditions attached to limit environmental damage."
"Native forest logging overseen by the states has been effectively exempt, despite a long list of legal cases in which it was found to have breached the laws. Forest destruction on private land for agriculture – a major driver of biodiversity loss across vast areas of western New South Wales and Queensland, and the Northern Territory – has rarely been assessed."
"There is little sign the legislation will tackle the huge problem of deforestation. Millions of hectares have been cleared without federal oversight, mostly for industrial farming. The state of the environment report cited evidence that 93% of the threatened species habitat cleared between 2000 and 2017 was not referred for assessment under national law. One hundred scientists wrote to Albanese this week calling for this to be urgently addressed."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/25/as-the-coalition-shows-its-colours-on-nature-labor-faces-a-question-will-it-really-protect-australias-wildlife
#biodiversity #climate #FossilFuels #EPBCAct #CoalGas #deforestation #acceleration #offsets #NSWLogging -
Thank you so much for clarifying the difference between growth and amount @ashwinvis
@wim_v12e @otfrom @floe @codinghorror @filiph @mike @adamshostack
Here are trends of greenhouse gas emissions by activity: https://hachyderm.io/@maugendre/112656461369759489
https://mas.to/@maugendre/112654940036291666
https://mas.to/@maugendre/113464925098333954#emissions #climatePolicies #greenTransition #energyTransition #footprint #GHG #CO2 #policies #carbon #offsets #COP30 #policies #policy #economy #ParisAgreement #macroEconomics
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Thank you so much for clarifying the difference between growth and amount @ashwinvis
@wim_v12e @otfrom @floe @codinghorror @filiph @mike @adamshostack
Here are trends of greenhouse gas emissions by activity: https://hachyderm.io/@maugendre/112656461369759489
https://mas.to/@maugendre/112654940036291666
https://mas.to/@maugendre/113464925098333954#emissions #climatePolicies #greenTransition #energyTransition #footprint #GHG #CO2 #policies #carbon #offsets #COP30 #policies #policy #economy #ParisAgreement #macroEconomics
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Thank you so much for clarifying the difference between growth and amount @ashwinvis
@wim_v12e @otfrom @floe @codinghorror @filiph @mike @adamshostack
Here are trends of greenhouse gas emissions by activity: https://hachyderm.io/@maugendre/112656461369759489
https://mas.to/@maugendre/112654940036291666
https://mas.to/@maugendre/113464925098333954#emissions #climatePolicies #greenTransition #energyTransition #footprint #GHG #CO2 #policies #carbon #offsets #COP30 #policies #policy #economy #ParisAgreement #macroEconomics
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Thank you so much for clarifying the difference between growth and amount @ashwinvis
@wim_v12e @otfrom @floe @codinghorror @filiph @mike @adamshostack
Here are trends of greenhouse gas emissions by activity: https://hachyderm.io/@maugendre/112656461369759489
https://mas.to/@maugendre/112654940036291666
https://mas.to/@maugendre/113464925098333954#emissions #climatePolicies #greenTransition #energyTransition #footprint #GHG #CO2 #policies #carbon #offsets #COP30 #policies #policy #economy #ParisAgreement #macroEconomics
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Thank you so much for clarifying the difference between growth and amount @ashwinvis
@wim_v12e @otfrom @floe @codinghorror @filiph @mike @adamshostack
Here are trends of greenhouse gas emissions by activity: https://hachyderm.io/@maugendre/112656461369759489
https://mas.to/@maugendre/112654940036291666
https://mas.to/@maugendre/113464925098333954#emissions #climatePolicies #greenTransition #energyTransition #footprint #GHG #CO2 #policies #carbon #offsets #COP30 #policies #policy #economy #ParisAgreement #macroEconomics
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Once again, carbon offsets don't reduce emissions.
Companies should do them only if they:
1. Are voluntary. Sure, do offsets for marketing purposes or investor requirements, but companies should ...
2. Still pay for their emissions (e.g. carbon taxes) -
"An ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility."
"A technocratic approach can also be self-defeating in policy terms. Render the future too concrete and it becomes harder to think about far-reaching structural change. In the language of the anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, an ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility. Moreover, the precision of targets can make failures more glaring, as goals are missed and deadlines pass.This weakens commitment in adversity – a point made by sympathetic critics of a climate agenda centred on “hitting the carbon numbers”. Arguably one of the preconditions of radical politics is an element of imprecision. The anticolonial thinker and activist Frantz Fanon once warned of the “curious cult of detail” that could afflict the scientific mindset in politics, causing its bearer to lose sight of the bigger picture: “Thus, if a local defeat is inflicted, he may well be drawn into doubt, and from thence to despair.”" Jonathan White
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/18/donald-trump-new-right-centre-left-technocratic
#nature #biodiversity #GBF #BeanCounting #governance #technocracy #science #ecology #mindset #NaturePositive #offsets #ClimateBreakdown #ParisAgreement #targets #FossilFuels #WayofLife #ethics #reflection #change -
"An ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility."
"A technocratic approach can also be self-defeating in policy terms. Render the future too concrete and it becomes harder to think about far-reaching structural change. In the language of the anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, an ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility. Moreover, the precision of targets can make failures more glaring, as goals are missed and deadlines pass.This weakens commitment in adversity – a point made by sympathetic critics of a climate agenda centred on “hitting the carbon numbers”. Arguably one of the preconditions of radical politics is an element of imprecision. The anticolonial thinker and activist Frantz Fanon once warned of the “curious cult of detail” that could afflict the scientific mindset in politics, causing its bearer to lose sight of the bigger picture: “Thus, if a local defeat is inflicted, he may well be drawn into doubt, and from thence to despair.”" Jonathan White
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/18/donald-trump-new-right-centre-left-technocratic
#nature #biodiversity #GBF #BeanCounting #governance #technocracy #science #ecology #mindset #NaturePositive #offsets #ClimateBreakdown #ParisAgreement #targets #FossilFuels #WayofLife #ethics #reflection #change -
"An ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility."
"A technocratic approach can also be self-defeating in policy terms. Render the future too concrete and it becomes harder to think about far-reaching structural change. In the language of the anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, an ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility. Moreover, the precision of targets can make failures more glaring, as goals are missed and deadlines pass.This weakens commitment in adversity – a point made by sympathetic critics of a climate agenda centred on “hitting the carbon numbers”. Arguably one of the preconditions of radical politics is an element of imprecision. The anticolonial thinker and activist Frantz Fanon once warned of the “curious cult of detail” that could afflict the scientific mindset in politics, causing its bearer to lose sight of the bigger picture: “Thus, if a local defeat is inflicted, he may well be drawn into doubt, and from thence to despair.”" Jonathan White
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/18/donald-trump-new-right-centre-left-technocratic
#nature #biodiversity #GBF #BeanCounting #governance #technocracy #science #ecology #mindset #NaturePositive #offsets #ClimateBreakdown #ParisAgreement #targets #FossilFuels #WayofLife #ethics #reflection #change -
"An ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility."
"A technocratic approach can also be self-defeating in policy terms. Render the future too concrete and it becomes harder to think about far-reaching structural change. In the language of the anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, an ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility. Moreover, the precision of targets can make failures more glaring, as goals are missed and deadlines pass.This weakens commitment in adversity – a point made by sympathetic critics of a climate agenda centred on “hitting the carbon numbers”. Arguably one of the preconditions of radical politics is an element of imprecision. The anticolonial thinker and activist Frantz Fanon once warned of the “curious cult of detail” that could afflict the scientific mindset in politics, causing its bearer to lose sight of the bigger picture: “Thus, if a local defeat is inflicted, he may well be drawn into doubt, and from thence to despair.”" Jonathan White
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/18/donald-trump-new-right-centre-left-technocratic
#nature #biodiversity #GBF #BeanCounting #governance #technocracy #science #ecology #mindset #NaturePositive #offsets #ClimateBreakdown #ParisAgreement #targets #FossilFuels #WayofLife #ethics #reflection #change -
"An ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility."
"A technocratic approach can also be self-defeating in policy terms. Render the future too concrete and it becomes harder to think about far-reaching structural change. In the language of the anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, an ethics of probability tends to crowd out an ethics of possibility. Moreover, the precision of targets can make failures more glaring, as goals are missed and deadlines pass.This weakens commitment in adversity – a point made by sympathetic critics of a climate agenda centred on “hitting the carbon numbers”. Arguably one of the preconditions of radical politics is an element of imprecision. The anticolonial thinker and activist Frantz Fanon once warned of the “curious cult of detail” that could afflict the scientific mindset in politics, causing its bearer to lose sight of the bigger picture: “Thus, if a local defeat is inflicted, he may well be drawn into doubt, and from thence to despair.”" Jonathan White
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/18/donald-trump-new-right-centre-left-technocratic
#nature #biodiversity #GBF #BeanCounting #governance #technocracy #science #ecology #mindset #NaturePositive #offsets #ClimateBreakdown #ParisAgreement #targets #FossilFuels #WayofLife #ethics #reflection #change -
"Today one of the Commission’s flagship projects, the ‘Clean Industrial Deal’ #CID is published. The deal breaks with past ambitions on #chemicals, and deepens the EU’s commitment to false solutions to the climate disaster. Some of the most polluting industries will receive billions in state aid and financing from EU funds, laws will be amended to suit their agenda."
by @corporateeurope: https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02/polluters-get-paid
#lobbying #Brussels #energy #offsets #Europe #EU #growth #transition #lobbies
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The 162 corporations and trade associations which declare EU lobby budgets of over €1 million annually, collectively declare at least €343 million per year.
Five-year growth: Since 2020, these corporate interests have declared nearly €86 million more, marking a one-third increase over five years.
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02/eus-lobby-league-table 🧵
#Tech #Banking #Chemicals #lobbying #Brussels #energy #offsets #Europe #greenCapitalism #electricity #EU #growth #spillovers #transition #lobbies #openData #LobbyControl
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The 162 corporations and trade associations which declare EU lobby budgets of over €1 million annually, collectively declare at least €343 million per year.
Five-year growth: Since 2020, these corporate interests have declared nearly €86 million more, marking a one-third increase over five years.
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02/eus-lobby-league-table 🧵
#Tech #Banking #Chemicals #lobbying #Brussels #energy #offsets #Europe #greenCapitalism #electricity #EU #growth #spillovers #transition #lobbies #openData #LobbyControl
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The 162 corporations and trade associations which declare EU lobby budgets of over €1 million annually, collectively declare at least €343 million per year.
Five-year growth: Since 2020, these corporate interests have declared nearly €86 million more, marking a one-third increase over five years.
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02/eus-lobby-league-table 🧵
#Tech #Banking #Chemicals #lobbying #Brussels #energy #offsets #Europe #greenCapitalism #electricity #EU #growth #spillovers #transition #lobbies #openData #LobbyControl
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The 162 corporations and trade associations which declare EU lobby budgets of over €1 million annually, collectively declare at least €343 million per year.
Five-year growth: Since 2020, these corporate interests have declared nearly €86 million more, marking a one-third increase over five years.
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02/eus-lobby-league-table 🧵
#Tech #Banking #Chemicals #lobbying #Brussels #energy #offsets #Europe #greenCapitalism #electricity #EU #growth #spillovers #transition #lobbies #openData #LobbyControl
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The 162 corporations and trade associations which declare EU lobby budgets of over €1 million annually, collectively declare at least €343 million per year.
Five-year growth: Since 2020, these corporate interests have declared nearly €86 million more, marking a one-third increase over five years.
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02/eus-lobby-league-table 🧵
#Tech #Banking #Chemicals #lobbying #Brussels #energy #offsets #Europe #greenCapitalism #electricity #EU #growth #spillovers #transition #lobbies #openData #LobbyControl