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The document specifically critiques REDD+ projects, industrial tree plantations, and soil carbon programs for their lack of 'additionality' and their role in undermining food sovereignty and indigenous land rights.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Nature-based solutions (NbS) are characterized as a mechanism for large polluters to maintain emissions levels while seizing vast areas of land, often ignoring the rights of Indigenous Peoples and threatening food sovereignty.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Liberia, a proposed agreement with the Emirati company Blue Carbon would grant exclusive rights to over one million hectares of forest for 30 years, potentially violating Liberian land rights laws and the requirement for free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Kariba REDD+ project in Zimbabwe, managed by South Pole, is accused of inflating carbon savings figures; an investigation suggests that nearly two-thirds of the total project's carbon credits (approximately 27 million tonnes of CO2) do not actually exist.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In the Republic of the Congo, a tree-planting project by TotalEnergies and Forest Neutral Congo has been linked to the expulsion of small-scale farmers from their lands and inadequate community consultation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Carbon offset projects in Australia have been found to systematically overestimate benefits, particularly those using 'human-induced regeneration' (HIR) methods, where credits were claimed for vegetation that was never intended to be cleared.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Scotland, the 'green rush' for forest and peatland restoration offsets has led to a 61% increase in land values in 2021, exacerbating rural inequality and concentrating land ownership among a small number of owners.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Cordillera Azul National Park REDD+ project in Peru is accused of using inflated baselines and failing to account for 'leakage,' while the Kichwa community of Puerto Franco has sued over the lack of consent and land titling.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Guyana, the ART-TREES program is criticized for creating carbon credits through accounting manipulations rather than real emission reductions, with over 80% of credits allegedly resulting from such adjustments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Agricultural carbon programs by companies like Bayer, Cargill, and Corteva in the US are viewed as tools for 'Big Ag' to control farmer data and promote industrial practices, such as the intensive use of glyphosate, over agroecological solutions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Improved cookstove offset projects, such as those by the Indian company Enking, are accused of using flawed methodologies and inflated baselines to generate credits that are up to eight times higher than they should be.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000878#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["nature-based solutions","carbon offset","Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation","land grabbing","agroecology","indigenous rights","Free, Prior and Informed Consent","deforestation","carbon emission trading","Net-zero emissions"],"geography_discussed":["Liberia","Zimbabwe","Gabon","Republic of the Congo","Uganda","Mozambique","Indonesia","Australia","New Zealand","Cambodia","Scotland","Spain","Wales","Peru","Guyana","Brazil","Colombia","United States","People's Republic of China","Niger","India"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","evidence review"]},{"id":"foei-000879","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/foei-000879","title":"Bank of evidence on false climate solutions","publisher":{"name":"Friends of the Earth International","organization":"friends-of-the-earth-international"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2023","source_url":"https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Bank-of-evidence-climate-false-solutions_EN_Nov-2023.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document argues that nature-based solutions (NBS) and carbon offsets often serve as a distraction for 'Big Polluters' to continue emitting while facilitating land grabs and violating Indigenous rights. 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The report also critiques improved cookstove offsets for using flawed accounting to generate 'fake emission cuts'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000879#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Nature-based solutions (NBS) are characterized as a tool for polluting corporations to maintain profits and continue emitting while appropriating land and disregarding Indigenous and human rights.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000879#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"REDD+ projects in Africa have frequently inflated carbon savings baselines; for example, the Kariba project in Zimbabwe overestimated avoided deforestation by roughly 27 million tons of CO2, and Gabon's forest reference emission level used methodological anomalies to claim 90.6 million tons of net removals instead of net emissions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000879#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Carbon offset projects have been linked to violent land grabs and the displacement of local communities, such as in Uganda where the National Forest Authority facilitated the seizure of over 2,900 acres in the Luweero district for eucalyptus and pine plantations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000879#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Australia, the 'human-induced regeneration' (HIR) method for carbon credits has been found to overwhelmingly overestimate benefits, sometimes claiming credits for vegetation that was never intended to be cut down.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000879#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Soil carbon farming programs by agribusinesses like Bayer, Cargill, and Corteva are accused of using climate-smart farming as a 'power grab' to collect agronomic data and lock farmers into practices that favor chemical products like glyphosate.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000879#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project (NKCP) is criticized for replacing traditional Indigenous grazing patterns with centrally-controlled 'planned rotational grazing' without empirical evidence that traditional methods were degrading the soil.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000879#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Improved cookstove offset projects, particularly those linked to the firm Enking, are reported to generate credits based on inflated baselines and unrealistic usage rates, sometimes producing eight times more credits than they should.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000879#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"California's forest carbon offsets program has been found to be riddled with crediting errors, with over 29% of analyzed offsets over-credited, totaling approximately 30 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000879#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["nature-based solutions","carbon offset","Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation","land tenure","indigenous rights","agroecology","carbon emission trading","Net-zero emissions","deforestation"],"geography_discussed":["Liberia","Zimbabwe","Gabon","Republic of the Congo","Uganda","Mozambique","Australia","New Zealand","Cambodia","Indonesia","Scotland","Spain","Wales","Peru","Guyana","Brazil","Colombia","United States","Kenya","People's Republic of China","Niger","India"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","evidence review"]},{"id":"foei-000889","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/foei-000889","title":"A guide to carbon markets and how to fight them","publisher":{"name":"Friends of the Earth International","organization":"friends-of-the-earth-international"},"document_type":"guide","language":"en","date_published":"2023","source_url":"https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Carbon-markets-guide_FoEI_ENG.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document argues that carbon markets and offsets are 'false climate solutions' that fail to reduce emissions, allow major polluters to continue emitting, and facilitate land grabs and human rights violations, particularly in the Global South. 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These projects often lead to the privatisation of ecosystems, large-scale land grabs, and the violation of Indigenous and human rights.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000889#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Under the Paris Agreement, Article 6 establishes frameworks for carbon trading. Article 6.2 allows for bilateral and multilateral agreements (such as CORSIA for aviation), while Article 6.4 creates a UN-run global carbon market. The document warns that these mechanisms may allow 'hot air' from pre-2020 credits to inflate markets and hinder countries from meeting their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000889#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Various regional and national schemes are proliferating. The EU ETS is described as ineffective due to industry lobbying, while the Africa Carbon Market Initiative (ACMI) aims to produce 1.5 billion credits annually by 2050. Other notable national systems include China's ETS, which is the world's largest by volume, and Kenya's efforts to incorporate carbon markets into national legislation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000889#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document advises climate justice movements to use a combination of popular education, media exposés, and climate litigation to challenge the veracity of emission reductions and the damages caused to communities by offset projects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000889#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The guide warns against the IPCC's inclusion of 'negative emissions technologies' and carbon dioxide removal, arguing that relying on these unproven technologies risks further 'overshoot' of temperature limits and undermines the phase-out of fossil fuels.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000889#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["carbon emission trading","carbon offset","Net-zero emissions","nature-based solutions","carbon capture and storage","bio-energy with carbon capture and storage","climate finance","climate justice","indigenous rights","land grabbing"],"geography_discussed":["Europe","Africa","Asia","European Union","People's Republic of China","Kenya","Malaysia","Colombia","Mexico","Japan","United States","California"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","advocacy guide"]},{"id":"foei-000894","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/foei-000894","title":"Community forest management & gender justice","publisher":{"name":"Friends of the Earth International","organization":"friends-of-the-earth-international"},"document_type":"fact sheet","language":"en","date_published":"2023","source_url":"https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CFM-A5-EN-WEB.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"This fact sheet advocates for the integration of gender justice into community forest management (CFM). 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