Patrick Greenfield
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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Rainforest carbon credit schemes misleading and ineffective, finds report
System not fit for carbon offsetting, puts Indigenous communities at risk and should be replaced with new approach, say researchers → Read More
Environmental activists killed at a rate of one every other day in 2022 – report
Colombia was the deadliest country and a fifth of the 177 recorded killings took place in the Amazon rainforest, says Global Witness → Read More
Progress on slowing deforestation could boost climate efforts, say experts
Reduction in primary forest loss in Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as Brazil and Colombia, offers hope for tropical forests across the world → Read More
Goosedown out, bulrush in: the plant refashioning puffer jackets
By 2026, a rewetted peatland site in Greater Manchester will be harvesting bulrushes in a trial that aims to boost UK biodiversity, cut carbon emissions and provide eco-friendly stuffing for clothes → Read More
Drop carbon offsetting-based environmental claims, companies urged
New guidance says carbon credits should only be used to contribute to climate mitigation → Read More
EU sets out first-ever soil law to protect food security and slow global heating
Proposal to improve soil health throughout continent by 2050 criticised for lack of legally binding targets → Read More
Revealed: UK plans to drop flagship £11.6bn climate pledge
Exclusive: Disclosure provokes fury as Rishi Sunak accused of betraying populations vulnerable to global heating → Read More
Rishi Sunak urged to heed criticism on climate after Zac Goldsmith quits
Tory peer claims PM uninterested in environment but No 10 suggests exit had alternative motive → Read More
Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge
An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is failing → Read More
Are debt-for-nature swaps the way forward for conservation?
Agreements to reduce developing countries’ debt burden in exchange for spending on nature will be on the agenda at a finance summit in Paris this week → Read More
‘I still can’t get over the fact we did it’: what it felt like to seal historic Cop15 deal
The global agreement to protect nature was signed in Montreal in December. Six months on, key figures remember the moment and consider what lies ahead → Read More
Beyond Montreal: six months after deal to halt biodiversity loss, where are we?
There have been gains and losses since the Cop15 agreement was signed in December, with key moments still to come ahead of the next biodiversity Cop in Turkey in 2024 → Read More
Nature at risk of breakdown if Cop15 pledges not met, world leaders warned
Author of landmark UK review into the economic value of nature joins UN environment chief in calls for ‘action, not just words’ on biodiversity goals → Read More
EU’s biodiversity law under threat from centre-right MEPs
The EPP, the European parliament’s largest group, says it supports climate goals but objects to ‘bad proposal’ → Read More
A look at some of the corporations that dominate the Amazon
From mining to cattle ranching and soya farming, some of the world’s largest companies exploit the region, though many also claim to be giving something back → Read More
The multinational companies that industrialised the Amazon rainforest
Analysis shows handful of corporations extract tens of billions of dollars of raw materials a year – and their commitments to restoration vary greatly → Read More
A visual guide to deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
Fortunes of world’s largest rainforest and its Indigenous inhabitants have risen and fallen with political leadership → Read More
Delta Air Lines faces lawsuit over $1bn carbon neutrality claim
US airline pledged to go carbon neutral but plaintiffs say it is relying on offsets that do almost nothing to mitigate global heating → Read More
MEPs accused of ‘culture war against nature’ by opposing restoration law
Fears biodiversity proposals could be abandoned amid opposition from lobby groups and some countries → Read More
CEO of biggest carbon credit certifier to resign after claims offsets worthless
David Antonioli to step down from Verra, which was accused of approving millions of worthless offsets used by major companies → Read More