What are offsets? Environmental offsetting enables a company, country or individual to be legally or morally allowed to pollute or otherwise damage the environment as long as they pay someone else…
What is carbon trading? Carbon trading is the process of buying and selling permits and credits that allow the permit holder to emit carbon dioxide. Carbon trading is the process of buying and…
Doomed from the start: EU proposal to ‘offset’ aviation’s emissions The EU and its partners from the ‘High Ambition Coalition,’ recently called on countries to join a voluntary…
FLEGT VPA Update May 2013 Every six months, FERN produces an update looking at the present situation with regards the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, with a…
Forest Watch Update on REDD+ in the Congo Basin This update on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) looks in detail at five countries in the Congo Basin: the Democratic…
Doha climate talks: ForestWatch special issue The 18th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP18) was held in Doha, Qatar against a backdrop of…
FLEGT VPA Update November 2012 Every six months, FERN produces an update looking at the present situation with regards the EU's Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, with…
ForestWatch Issue 172 June 2012 and update from Bonn climate talks June 20, 2012 Prototype Carbon Fund participants lukewarm on plantation offsets Irish levy: Polluter Pays ... anyone? ECAs and…
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) default on its obligations to Export Credit Agencies Press release launched on the day that more than 30 European non governmental organisations (NGOs) delivered a…
Suffering here to help them over there The Guaraqueçaba Climate Action Project is a nearly 7,000 ha forest carbon offset project initiative by the Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Brazilian NGO…
