Paying to preserve rainforests may be doing more harm than good A nine-month investigation by the Guardian, the German weekly Die Zeit and SourceMaterial, a non-profit investigative journalism organisation, has concluded that over 90% of rainforest carbon offset credits sold by a leading supplier of such credits to VCMs (voluntary carbon markets) are useless. Worse,… Continue reading 90% of rainforest carbon offsets are worthless – report
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UN Hemp Report Review
The UNCTAD Report: Commodities at a Glance – Special Issue on Industrial Hemp (11/’22) The United Nations has published a very significant and exciting new research study on industrial hemp. Compiled by a team of experts for UNCTAD, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, this timely research study should be warmly welcomed by industrial… Continue reading UN Hemp Report Review
Carbon credits, a quick and dirty guide
Forestry carbon credits The first generation of carbon credits was forestry. The problem with forests is that capitalism doesn’t put a value on a tree until it’s cut down, and you can’t really weigh the carbon a tree captures until it’s cut down. Also, as the world heats up, forest fires are becoming frighteningly commonplace.… Continue reading Carbon credits, a quick and dirty guide
Business carbon footprint calculator
Understand the problem We’ve made it easy to calculate your business’s total contribution to the climate crisis. Taking this first step is critical. You can easily gather the data required from your business utility and transportation bills. Only by understanding the scale of the problem, and your part in it, can we make the changes… Continue reading Business carbon footprint calculator
The existential climate crisis is here, it’s all connected, so the solutions must be too
Why global warming causes heatwaves, floods, and droughts Global warming is the process by which greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO2) trap the sun’s heat in our atmosphere, instead of letting it reflect back into space. The key points to remember about global warming are that a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapour,… Continue reading The existential climate crisis is here, it’s all connected, so the solutions must be too
John Oliver’s debunking of forestry carbon offsets is priceless
Most carbon offset products are bullshit And the problem is, they’re likely making things worse, on top of harming people in the developing world. John Oliver nails it in this clip. Now, click on through to YouTube and hit play… At Hempoffset, we’re disrupting a dysfunctional carbon offset ‘industry’. We’re doing this by enabling the… Continue reading John Oliver’s debunking of forestry carbon offsets is priceless
Environmental Justice: What it is and how Hempoffset will deliver it
Environmental Justice must be delivered to the world Centuries of (mostly) European exploitative colonialism have given us our broken world today. While the brutal exploitation of colonised peoples has been given a PR makeover, the exploitation continues, under the guises of commodities markets and globalisation. We believe that Europe needs to collectively step up and… Continue reading Environmental Justice: What it is and how Hempoffset will deliver it
Oil companies make enough profit to buy every politician, every system
$3 billion a day is the pure profit oil generates Oil profit is obscene. Since the Nixon era, oil has generated $52 trillion in pure profit for the oil companies and regimes that own fossil fuel deposits. A new analysis published by The Guardian, 21 July 2022, shows just how much cash has been available… Continue reading Oil companies make enough profit to buy every politician, every system
Climate is now a weapon
Conservative oil money and the US Supreme Court, plus western industry, the G7 and Russia, have weaponized energy and climate Climate is now a weapon, a political, military, and financial weapon. It’s been a tough few days, on top of the US establishment attack on women’s rights, the ongoing wars, droughts and famines, and the… Continue reading Climate is now a weapon
Short- and long-term benefits of hemp carbon offset
Why carbon offsets are now A GOOD THING There’s a lot of confusion around the effectiveness of carbon offsets, so let’s clear the air. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to climate change are mainly focused on trees and forestry. There are 2 main problems with forestry offsets: 1. They take too long to show a net carbon… Continue reading Short- and long-term benefits of hemp carbon offset