En nylig undersøgelse publiceret af The Guardian konkluderer, at virksomheders brug af klimakompensation med henblik på at reducere deres klimaaftryk ikke virker efter hensigten.
Ifølge undersøgelsen er over 90 % af de regnskovsklimakreditterne, som mange virksomheder benytter, formentlig “fantomkreditter” og afspejler ikke reel CO2-reduktion.
Undersøgelsen konkluderer:
- Only a handful of Verra’s (udbyder af klimakompensation, red.) rainforest projects showed evidence of deforestation reductions, according to two studies, with further analysis indicating that 94% of the credits had no benefit to the climate.
- The threat to forests had been overstated by about 400% on average for Verra projects, according to analysis of a 2022 University of Cambridge study.
- Gucci, Salesforce, BHP, Shell, easyJet, Leon and the band Pearl Jam were among dozens of companies and organisations that have bought rainforest offsets approved by Verra for environmental claims.
- Human rights issues are a serious concern in at least one of the offsetting projects. The Guardian visited a flagship project in Peru, and was shown videos that residents said showed their homes being cut down with chainsaws and ropes by park guards and police. They spoke of forced evictions and tensions with park authorities.
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