Double Jeopardy report: how nature based solutions threaten food sovereignty and agroecology

This report critiques corporate 'net-zero' strategies, arguing that 'nature based solutions' and carbon offsetting lead to land grabbing and dispossession of Indigenous and rural peoples. It highlights the extreme land requirements of companies like Nestlé and Shell and warns that soil carbon sequestration serves corporate interests over small-scale farmers. The report advocates for agroecology as a transformative, people-led alternative to these 'false climate solutions'.

• Corporate 'net-zero' pledges relying on 'nature based solutions' and carbon offsetting pose significant threats to the territories, rights, and livelihoods of rural communities, peasant farmers, and Indigenous Peoples due to massive land requirements. Specifically, Nestlé's offsetting plans could necessitate planting trees on at least 4.4 million hectares of land annually, while Shell's nature-based solutions could require an area nearly the size of Brazil.
• The rise of soil carbon sequestration for carbon credits enables agri-food, tech, and fossil fuel corporations to engage in land and data grabs, potentially forcing small-scale and peasant producers into intensive farming practices for several decades.
• Agroecology is presented as a transformative approach to food production that cools the planet and increases biodiversity through principles of social equity, environmental responsibility, resilience, and resource efficiency. The report asserts that these principles are incompatible with 'nature based solutions' and warns that agroecology risks being coopted by these 'false solutions'.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). Double Jeopardy report: how nature based solutions threaten food sovereignty and agroecology. https://www.foei.org/publication/double-jeopardy-report-nature-based-solutions/

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Double Jeopardy report: how nature based solutions threaten food sovereignty and agroecology. n.d. https://www.foei.org/publication/double-jeopardy-report-nature-based-solutions/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternationalnddouble, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Double Jeopardy report: how nature based solutions threaten food sovereignty and agroecology}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/publication/double-jeopardy-report-nature-based-solutions/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }