Air New Zealand is first major airline to scrap 2030 emissions target
Floodlight
BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds
June 2024
The age of extinction
‘Reform or go out of business,’ carbon offsetting industry told
Balance effects of AI with profits tax and green levy, says IMF
May 2024
The age of extinction
Market value of carbon offsets drops 61%, report finds
Negative scientific and press reports on the efficacy of carbon credit projects has led to a ‘direct pullback in buyer investment’
Corporations invested in carbon offsets that were ‘likely junk’, analysis says
Analysis of the carbon offset projects used by top corporations including Delta, Gucci and ExxonMobil raises concerns around their emission cuts claims
The age of extinction
The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy?
Jeff Bezos’s $10bn climate and biodiversity fund has garnered glittering prizes, but concerns have been voiced over the influence it can buy – and its interest in carbon offsets
April 2024
The age of extinction
Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting plan
Employees at SBTi have called for their CEO to resign over controversial plans which they fear will enable greenwashing
March 2024
The rural network
An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works
Dutch airline KLM misled customers with vague green claims, court rules
NSW failed to monitor offsets while endangered ecosystems were cleared for western Sydney homes
Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade
The age of extinction
‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes
The rural network
Rupert Murdoch’s son-in-law and the soil carbon revolution
February 2024
Ministers could use loophole to water down carbon reduction commitments
Woodside dramatically expands oil and gas exploration spend despite net zero pledge
January 2024
Nuclear power output expected to break global records in 2025
The age of extinction
Cookstove carbon offsets overstate climate benefit by 1,000%, study finds
The age of extinction
EU bans ‘misleading’ environmental claims that rely on offsetting
The long read
‘Farming is a dirty word now’: the woman helping farmers navigate a grim, uncertain future