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reddmonitor.substack.comRWE’s biomass power plants in the Netherlands emit more CO₂ than burning coal. And some of the biomass is coming from recently deforested rainforest in MalaysiaNew investigation by Zembla: “How your 'green electricity' contributes to deforestation.”

A recent investigation by Dutch TV station Zembla looks into where RWE is sourcing its biomass for so-called green energy in the Netherlands. RWE imports 200,000 tonnes of biomass from Malaysia every year. Some of this comes from primary rainforest. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/rwes-bioma...

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reddmonitor.substack.comRecord breaking areas of Brazil’s land goes up in flames. And Earth Innovation Institute proposes the false solution of selling carbon credits to the oil and gas industryEarth Innovation Institute pretends to be oblivious to what is driving drought and forest fires in Brazil, which is, of course, the fossil fuel industry.

Record breaking areas of Brazil’s land goes up in flames. & Earth Innovation Institute proposes the false solution of selling carbon credits to the oil & gas industry - @reddmonitor.bsky.social reddmonitor.substack.com/p/record-bre...

reddmonitor.substack.com“We have never sold a carbon credit against tree planting.” Interview with EvertreenThe company’s website gives a figure for CO₂ absorbed to date from tree planting and a figure for tonnes expected to be absorbed over these trees trees’ lifetimes.

I've done quite a few interviews over the years. This one is definitely one of the oddest. Evertreen posted the interview on its own website - but without the questions. That's mainly because they didn't really answer my questions. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/we-have-ne...

reddmonitor.substack.comIndigenous Peoples have rejected the Federico Hecker Foundation’s proposed carbon project in their territoryMeanwhile, Aimé Hecker, chairman of the Foundation and an MP, continues to push carbon markets at government level.

The Federico Hecker Foundation is planning a carbon project on Indigenous Peoples' territory in Bolivia. The Indigenous Peoples living there have rejected the plans. Aimé Hecker continues to push carbon markets at government level. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/indigenous...

reddmonitor.substack.comAn autopsy of the voluntary carbon marketNew research from the Centre for Economic Policy Research exposes the flaws in the voluntary carbon market.

22 Sept

An analysis of some of things wrong with carbon markets by the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Despite explaining why the world would be better off without carbon trading, CEPR concludes that, "The answer is not to abolish offsets." reddmonitor.substack.com/p/an-autopsy...

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reddmonitor.substack.comSwissX’s Soil Booster™ programme is one more ridiculously obvious climate scam“Earn prosperitry” [sic]. “Earn proserity” [sic].

21 Sept

SwissX’s Soil Booster™ programme is one more ridiculously obvious climate scam - @reddmonitor.bsky.social reddmonitor.substack.com/p/swissxs-so...

reddmonitor.substack.comKoalas and carbon credits in Australia“We shouldn’t have to choose between saving native forests and stopping climate change.”

21 Sept

Here's my take on the recent decision in Australia to sell carbon credits from the Great Koala National Park - that Labor first promised in January 2015. Including an Honest Government Ad from the wonderful @thejuicemedia.com : reddmonitor.substack.com/p/koalas-and...

reddmonitor.substack.comUN special rapporteur warns that carbon markets fail to meet international climate and human rights obligationsThe report “identifies structural misalignments between carbon credit markets and the international obligations of States with regard to climate change and human rights”.

15 Sept

New report by Elisa Morgera, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change: "Rethinking carbon credits according to international climate and human rights obligations." reddmonitor.substack.com/p/un-special...

reddmonitor.substack.comIndonesia faces a wildfire catastrophe. AgainAnd El Niño could cause the fires to get much worse.

14 Sept

Indonesia faces wildfires every year. El Niño makes the wildfires worse. This year's super El Niño could make the fires very much worse. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/indonesia-...

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Estuário Ramos

@estuarioramos.bsky.social

11 Sept

Relator especial da ONU alerta que os mercados de carbono não cumprem as obrigações internacionais em matéria de clima e direitos humanos. @reddmonitor.bsky.social #climatechange reddmonitor.substack.com/p/un-special...

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reddmonitor.substack.comDeforestation from gold mining inside the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility project in the Republic of CongoThe FCPF project was set up with an exaggerated baseline, it ignored the threat of mining, and was rigged to pay money to logging and palm oil corporations.

14 Sept

Deforestation from gold mining inside the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility project in the Republic of Congo - @reddmonitor.bsky.social reddmonitor.substack.com/p/deforestat...

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reddmonitor.substack.comClimeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it capturesNo surprises. Direct air capture was designed to delay the end of fossil fuels.

8 Sept

“It’s all a bit like a carbon Ponzi scheme.” Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures - @reddmonitor.bsky.social reddmonitor.substack.com/p/climeworks...

reddmonitor.substack.comThe human rights impacts of Miro Forestry’s carbon tree plantation project in Sierra LeoneA new report by Swedwatch, HEKS, and Silnorf documents communities’ concerns.

8 Sept

A new report by Swedwatch, @hekseperworld.bsky.social and Silnorf reveals the impacts of a carbon tree plantation project in Sierra Leone: - Loss of land and livelihoods; - Limited consultation; - Unequal benefits; - Women disproportionately affected. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/the-human-...

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Estuário Ramos

@estuarioramos.bsky.social

5 Sept

O 12º Fórum Social Pan-Amazônico exige "financiamento climático a fundo perdido e rejeita mercados de carbono, trocas de dívida e outras falsas soluções". reddmonitor.substack.com/p/pan-amazon...

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The 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum demands "non-repayable climate financing and reject[s] carbon markets, debt swaps, and other false solutions”. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/pan-amazon...

reddmonitor.substack.comPan-Amazonian Social Forum rejects carbon credits with jaguarsPress release from the Pan-Amazonian Social Forum.

reddmonitor.substack.comPan-Amazonian Social Forum rejects carbon credits with jaguarsPress release from the Pan-Amazonian Social Forum.

5 Sept

The 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum demands "non-repayable climate financing and reject[s] carbon markets, debt swaps, and other false solutions”. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/pan-amazon...

reddmonitor.substack.comExxonMobil spent US$4.9 million on fake carbon creditsGermany has withdrawn carbon credits from 30 projects in China.

2 Sept

A German government carbon offsetting programme in China resulted in millions of fake carbon credits. Big Polluter ExxonMobil was one of the companies buying the carbon credits. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/exxonmobil...

reddmonitor.substack.comREDDisms: August 2026This is the seventh in REDD-Monitor’s occasional series of REDDisms. Each post consists of ten quotations, nine of which are recent and one of which comes from my collection of REDDisms dating back to...

1 Sept

REDD-Monitor's latest collection of REDDisms - this edition includes comments about carbon markets, the climate crisis, fossil fuels, and cuts to USAID. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/reddisms-a...

reddmonitor.substack.comTrees for Global Benefits: Farmers in Uganda are still cutting down trees planted to generate carbon offsetsA recent investigation by Danish newspaper Politiken reveals that Ecotrust has failed to resolve long-standing problems.

1 Sept

Reporting by the Danish newspaper Politiken exposes Ecotrust's failure to address long-standing problems with its tree planting project in Uganda. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/trees-for-...

reddmonitor.substack.comTanzanian NGO statement calls on German aid agencies “to conduct an independent, transparent, impartial, and rights-based investigation” about conservation on Maasai territories“Conservation with communities, not conservation over communities.”

1 Sept

German aid agencies are still in denial about the impact of "conservation" on the human rights of the Maasai. German finance is playing a direct role in the threats, evictions, and violence against the Maasai. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/tanzanian-...

reddmonitor.substack.comLiberia’s Carbon Market Policy threatens forest communities’ rights and puts the future of forests at riskSign Rainforest Rescue’s petition to protect forest defenders and reject false climate solutions.

31 Aug

Sign the petition to protect forest defenders in Liberia and to reject false climate solutions! reddmonitor.substack.com/p/liberias-c...

reddmonitor.substack.comResearch on the impacts of Tozzi Green’s carbon plantation land grab in Madagascar: “The company has brought poverty to Ihorombe”Research published in Suomen Antropologi in April 2026.

31 Aug

Research published in Suomen Antropologi earlier this year documents the impacts of Tozzi Green's carbon plantations in Madagascar. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/research-o...

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reddmonitor.substack.comCarbon cowboys plan REDD-type projects inside the proposed Atacuari Indigenous Reserve in PeruThe proposed reserve is for Indigenous Peoples living in voluntary isolation.

31 Aug

Carbon cowboys plan REDD-type projects inside the proposed Atacuari Indigenous Reserve in Peru - @reddmonitor.bsky.social reddmonitor.substack.com/p/carbon-cow...

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27 Aug

reddmonitor.substack.comResponse from Beatrice Battelli, Director of PR and Communications at Evertreen: “We take transparency seriously”Hmmm. I have some questions about this.

reddmonitor.substack.com“The expansion of carbon markets suggests that the global economy continues to seek ways to manage the climate crisis without confronting the structures that created it in the first place”“Indigenous critiques expose the limits of that approach.”

27 Aug

Very interesting recent article on carbon markets by @iwgia.bsky.social on the website Indigenous Debates. A key problem with carbon markets is that they utterly fail to address the structures that created the problem in the first place. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/the-expans...

debatesindigenas.orgCarbon Markets and Indigenous Peoples: Between False Solutions and Forced Choices - Debates IndígenasCarbon markets, promoted by governments, corporations and international conservation NGOs, are expanding rapidly across Indigenous territories in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. For many Indigenous P...

27 Aug

The article by Paine Eulalia Mako, Tunga Bhadra Rai, Gideon Sanago, Rosario Carmona, and Stefan Thorsell is available here: debatesindigenas.org/en/2026/07/0...

reddmonitor.substack.comEl Niño could have a devastating impact on the Amazon rainforestScientist warns that if too much of the Amazon rainforest burns, “it could basically cross the tipping point”.

El Niño events are bad news for the Amazon rainforest. This year's super El Niño is likely to be particularly bad. "For the Amazon rainforest, the timing could hardly be worse," journalist Quentin Septer writes in Nature. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/el-nino-co...

@susanna-nordlund.bsky.social

Thank you for shouting!

James Dyke@jamesgdyke.info

Sorry for shouting but... THE ENTIRE POINT OF CCS IS TO ENABLE MORE FOSSIL FUEL USE. That it captures jack shit doesn't matter. All fossil fuel interests need to do is claim that the emissions their extraction produces will be removed from the atmosphere. At some point. Somehow.

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Susanna Nordlund

Article by @reddmonitor.bsky.social on the weak, but laudable considering the current climate of terror and sellout, statement by the Tanzanian pastoralist NGOs on the ever stubborn German support for the Tanzanian government’s war on the Maasai. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/tanzanian-...

reddmonitor.substack.comQuestions raised about Finnfund’s support to Tozzi Green’s land grab for carbon plantations in MadagascarFinnish and Belgian development finance institutions are funding a land grab.

Italian company Tozzi Green is planting trees for carbon credits on communities' land on the Ihorombe plateau in Madagascar. For more than a decade communities have protested against Tozzi Green's operations - they accuse the company of land grabbing. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/questions-...

hbl.fiAnklagelser mot Finlandskopplat bolag – ”Känner sig lurade”Finnfund finansierar bolag som anklagas för markrofferi.

This post is based on great reporting by @emmastromberg.bsky.social for Hufvudstadsbladet - focusing on Finnfund's support for Tozzi Green's land grab: www.hbl.fi/varlden/finn...

reddmonitor.substack.comCivil society organisations urge Korean company SK Telecom to stop investment in Article 6.4 cook stove project in Myanmar’s military dictatorshipSince February 2021, the elected leaders of the country remain in arbitrary detention.

The first carbon credits approved under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement are generated by a cookstove project in the military dictatorship of Myanmar. On 11 August 2026, civil society organisations wrote to SK Telecom urging it to divest from the project. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/civil-soci...

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reddmonitor.substack.com“Offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels,” Energy Australia admitsEnergy Australia’s statement is part of a settlement in a legal case about greenwashing brought by Parents for Climate.

25 Aug

“Offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels,” Energy Australia admits - @reddmonitor.bsky.social reddmonitor.substack.com/p/offsets-do...

reddmonitor.substack.comThe state of Assam has invoked the National Security Act to keep Pranab Doley in prison for peacefully protesting against Hyatt Group’s planned luxury hotel near Kaziranga National Park in IndiaNew statement from the Community Network Against Protected Areas.

25 Aug

Pranab Doley has been jailed under the National Security Act for protesting against a planned luxury hotel near the Kaziranga National Park. (This R-M post is from early August 2026 - BBC covered the story recently: www.bbc.com/news/article...) reddmonitor.substack.com/p/the-state-...

reddmonitor.substack.comThe World Bank’s Atiala Atsinanana REDD project in Madagascar: “5% of the revenues from carbon credits are allocated to local communities.” And even that isn’t getting throughAn excellent investigative report by Lynda Andriatsitonta of the Malina network.

25 Aug

Excellent reporting by Lynda Andriatsitont on the World Bank's Atiala Atsinanana REDD project in Madagascar. Only 5% of the money from sales of carbon credits is allocated for local communities. Even that isn't reaching them. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/the-world-...

radiofrance.frComment la fistule anale de Louis XIV a permis la création de l'hymne britannique "God Save the Queen" ?Quel rapport peut-il bien exister entre l'affection dont souffrait le roi soleil et l'hymne de la perfide Albion ? Le professeur Jean-Noël Fabiani raconte cette histoire étonnante à Daniel Fievet dans...

19 Aug

This is likely to change forever what I think about whenever I hear the National Anthem.

Chris Drew@mesnilman.bsky.social

"God save the King/Queen" is originally based on the fact that Louis XIV had an anal fistula... www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

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reddmonitor.substack.com“NO to REDD and Carbon Markets”A new documentary from World Rainforest Movement.

17 Aug

“These communities also challenge the capitalist, racist & colonialist logic of these projects - which seek to use forests historically protected by communities in order to greenwash the image of polluting companies…” - @reddmonitor.bsky.social reddmonitor.substack.com/p/no-to-redd...

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reddmonitor.substack.com“Don’t use rainforests or any other carbon sink as a way to offset your reliance on fossil fuel.” Interview with Martin Simonneau, Cool Earth“The unconditional payments are not results-based payments, but rights-based payments.”

10 Aug

“Don’t use rainforests or any other carbon sink as a way to offset your reliance on fossil fuel.” Interview with Martin Simonneau, Cool Earth - @reddmonitor.bsky.social reddmonitor.substack.com/p/dont-use-r...

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open.substack.comFriends of the Earth new report on biodiversity and climate crises: “REDD is not an effective climate solution”Governments and corporations are banking on offsets and are locking in emissions.

3 Aug

Friends of the Earth new report on biodiversity & climate crises: “REDD is not an effective climate solution” - @reddmonitor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...

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Anne-Sophie Simpere

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31 July

Pour garder le défenseur des droits des communautés indigènes Pranab Doley en prison, l'Etat d'Assam, en Inde, vient d'invoquer le National security act. Pranab s'oppose à la construction d'un hôtel du groupe Hyatt dans un parc naturel #droitdemanifester #droitshumains

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Please sign on this statement condemning the arrest and demanding the release of human rights defender Pranab Doley and four other Indigenous leaders. Please circulate widely and encourage others to sign on! reddmonitor.substack.com/p/statement-...

reddmonitor.substack.comStatement Condemning the Arrest of Human Rights Defender Pranab Doley and the Criminalisation of Indigenous Resistance in KazirangaPlease sign on to the statement by the Community Network Against Protected Areas.

30 July

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open.substack.comStudy in the Colombian Amazon reveals that REDD projects exacerbate conflict in Indigenous communitiesElite capture, weakened governance, and lack of transparency trigger conflicts.

27 July

Study in the Colombian Amazon reveals that REDD projects exacerbate conflict in Indigenous communities - @reddmonitor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...

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27 July

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Wildfires raging in Southwest France are not burning natural forests but immense plantations of pine trees. For many years, we have warned Uganda and other African countries about the dangers of establishing plantations of non-native pine species, including wildfires and loss of biodiversity.

oaklandinstitute.orgSecurity for the Big Polluters: Plantation Forestry for Carbon Offset Delays Action on ClimateKristen Lyons investigates how climate policies such as carbon offsets simply provide security for big polluters, while leaving our planet in danger.

reddmonitor.substack.comUN experts demand release of Indigenous activists arrested for protesting proposed luxury hotel next to Kaziranga National Park in IndiaFollowing protests against the proposed luxury tourism project, police arrested five Indigenous activists.

22 July

On 12 July 2026, Pranab Doley and four other Indigenous human rights defenders were arrested. The arrests followed protests about a Hyatt Group luxury hotel planned next to the Kaziranga National Park in India. UN experts have demanded their release. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/un-experts...

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yukongertie.bsky.social

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21 July

The global mining rush will trigger hundreds of new mines in a short period. The resulting human and planetary devastation will be at a scale never seen before – livelihoods will be destroyed, millions will be displaced, and environmental destruction will become irreversible.”

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New report by the Oakland Institute reveals that the rush for critical minerals is not about a green transition. More than 70% of mineral demand comes from industries outside the energy transition, like aerospace, military, Big Tech, and AI sectors. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/rush-globa...

reddmonitor.substack.comRUSH: Global Scramble for Minerals Wages War on People and PlanetNew report from the Oakland Institute highlights how the military, AI, and corporate interests are driving the global rush for critical minerals.

reddmonitor.substack.comThe World Heritage Committee must oppose the eviction of Indigenous Maasai from the Ngorongoro Conservation AreaThe World Heritage Committee meets in South Korea next week and the fate of the Maasai of Ngorongoro hangs in the balance.

21 July

The World Heritage Committee is currently meeting in South Korea. One decision involves the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania, where the Maasai are facing mass evictions. Will the World Heritage Committee respect Indigenous Peoples' rights? reddmonitor.substack.com/p/the-world-...

21 July

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open.substack.comCarbon pirates: The fake country of the United States of Kailasa and its “perpetual” land grabs in BoliviaHow a fake country tried to set up land deals in Ecuador, Paraguay, Honduras, and Bolivia.

20 July

Carbon pirates: The fake country of the United States of Kailasa & its “perpetual” land grabs in Bolivia - @reddmonitor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...

reddmonitor.substack.comBillionaires aren’t going to save the planet: Lakshmi Mittal, the steel industry’s pollution, monoculture plantations, and carbon creditsWhile communities in Brazil have seen their water supplies dry up, Mittal’s company is cashing in on carbon credits from its eucalyptus plantations.

17 July

Aperam BioEnergia has about 83,000 hectares of FSC-certified monoculture eucalyptus plantations in Brazil. They are used to make charcoal for iron production. Communities have seen their water sources dry up since the plantations came. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/billionair...

reddmonitor.substack.comHow illegal timber from Laos and Cambodia can end up in the Vietnam Timber Legality Assurance SystemA new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency exposes how illegal timber from Laos and Cambodia is exported to Vietnam, where it becomes “legal”.

16 July

A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency exposes how illegally logged timber from Laos and Cambodia is still being used in Vietnam's wood processing sector. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/how-illega...