Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Here's Dougal acting out my latest on REDD-Monitor: reddmonitor.substack.com/p/the-crypto... 010
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 31/01/2025"the top 25 buyers of credits, covering a majority of overall credit purchases, were on average increasing their emissions (average: 10.2%; median: 1.0%)." carbonmarketwatch.org/2023/12/02/c... 000
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Like Shell? Or maybe Microsoft? Or perhaps Eni? The top three buyers of voluntary carbon credits. 110
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 30/01/2025China started piloting local ETS in 2013. According to EDF the initial phase was launched in 2017. Carbon Brief puts the official launch at 2021. Emissions in China continue going up. ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-g... 100
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 30/01/2025OK, let's look at the ETS. Introduced in 2005. Emissions have been falling in the EU since 1979. And continued to do so at pretty much the same rate after the ETS started. ourworldindata.org/greenhouse-g... 200
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I was going to post this on Facebook, but then I thought better of it... My only problem with @existentialcomics.com is that I should probably do some work at some point today. existentialcomics.com/comic/175 020
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 20/01/2025It depends what you mean by "the desired impact". For the sake of argument, let's say that the desired impact of carbon trading is to reduce the level of CO2 in the atmosphere. In that case, it's not looking too good, is it? The first carbon offsetting project was in 1988. 100
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024🙈 "Relative additionality" is new to me. 🙉 CP is happy to quote an anonymous source who says they are "unsure of the credibility of the claims made against the Article 6 partnership in the article" - with no evidence to back this up whatsoever! 🙊 I've attached a screenshot from CP's newsletter. 110
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 24/10/2024P.S. The Bloomberg NEF report is available here: assets.bbhub.io/professional... And sure enough, biodiversity offsets and credits are in there - as if that's a given: 100
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 11/06/2024Thank you! There's also a very good Bloomberg podcast about the 1 Trillion Trees initiative: open.spotify.com/episode/72gV... I like this bit from Sophie Alexander's article: 110
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 12/03/2024It's not only the quantity of wood that IKEA uses that is the problem. The problem is the damage that the logging operations by IKEA's suppliers cause to the forests. You didn't watch the documentary, did you? Here's a screenshot: 111
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 07/12/2023I hope you'll include a small passing mention about these crypto-numpties while you're at it: reddmonitor.substack.com/p/the-strang... 262
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 07/12/2023That barge looks so luxurious and comfortable though, doesn't it? And for just US$200,000 you can buy an apartment on Landi's next project - to be completed in 2028: reddmonitor.substack.com/p/who-is-sam... 010
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 30/10/20231,000 subscribers! Thank you to everyone who has subscribed. If you've not already done so, please head over to reddmonitor.substack.com and subscribe. 000
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 20/10/2023For anyone following the latest on South Pole / Kariba after the brilliant reporting in The New Yorker, this piece by Matt Levine at Bloomberg is superb: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 100
Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · 17/10/2023Lee White appears to be denying that he's under house arrest. I asked him two questions: - Are you under house arrest? - Are you still in Gabon? He hasn't replied, yet. Here are the links from this X exchange: www.declassifieduk.org/british-mini... climatechangenews.com/2023/10/06/f... 110
