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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.nz/users/sy/statuses/111094712353794094">Sy Taffel (sy@mastodon.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 17:24:32 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@sy" title="sy@mastodon.nz"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/147607-48-20230710002058.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Sy Taffel" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Sy Taffel</a></section><article><p>Once again, for those who haven't been paying attention, offsets are not going to solve the climate emergency, we need to massively reduce our fossil fuel usage. And we need to do this quickly.</p><p>'39 of the top 50 emission offset projects, or 78% of them, were categorised as likely junk or worthless due to one or more fundamental failing that undermines its promised emission cuts. Eight others (16%) look problematic'</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/climatechange" rel="tag">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/climate" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/climatediary" rel="tag">#climatediary</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/19/do-carbon-credit-reduce-emissions-greenhouse-gases" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/19/do-carbon-credit-reduce-emissions-greenhouse-gases</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2080259#notice-4084783">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-09-20T17:24:32+09:00" title="Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 17:24:32 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@sy/111094712353794094" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.nz via ActivityPub">mastodon.nz</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@sy/111094712353794094">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: i.guim.co.uk</div><h5><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/19/do-carbon-credit-reduce-emissions-greenhouse-gases">Revealed: top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions</a></h5><div> from <span>https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nina-lakhani</span></div></header><div>Majority of offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are ‘likely junk’, according to analysis by Corporate Accountability and the Guardian</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Sy Taffel (sy@mastodon.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 17:24:32 JST Sy Taffel
Once again, for those who haven't been paying attention, offsets are not going to solve the climate emergency, we need to massively reduce our fossil fuel usage. And we need to do this quickly.
'39 of the top 50 emission offset projects, or 78% of them, were categorised as likely junk or worthless due to one or more fundamental failing that undermines its promised emission cuts. Eight others (16%) look problematic'
#climatechange #climate #climatediary
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/19/do-carbon-credit-reduce-emissions-greenhouse-gases
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  Majority of offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are ‘likely junk’, according to analysis by Corporate Accountability and the Guardian

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