Las falaces “Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza” no resolverán la crisis climática. Son puro maquillaje verde empresarial.

The statement critiques 'Nature-based Solutions' (NbS) as a deceptive framework used by governments and corporations to justify 'net zero' targets without implementing deep emission reductions. It asserts that NbS rely on flawed assumptions about carbon sequestration and risk triggering massive land grabs in the Global South, citing the example of ENI in Mozambique. The author calls for structural changes, immediate emission cuts by developed nations, and the protection of Indigenous rights over market-based environmental schemes.

• The concept of 'Nature-based Solutions' is criticized as a tool for 'greenwashing' that allows governments and corporations to avoid their responsibility for deep emission cuts by relying on 'net zero' fantasies and unproven carbon removal technologies.
• The document argues that the assumption that nature can sequester enough carbon to meet climate goals is flawed because natural carbon cycles operate on a scale of decades, whereas fossil carbon took millennia to form and was released in only 200 years.
• Nature-based Solutions are linked to the risk of large-scale land grabbing in the Global South, where companies and countries claim ownership of land and ecosystems for carbon offsets.
• The author cites ENI as an example of a company promoting Nature-based Solutions while simultaneously engaging in gas extraction in Mozambique that has led to violence and the displacement of local fishing communities.
• The document challenges the claim that NbS could provide 37% of required CO2 mitigation by 2030, noting that half of this potential relies on planting trees across 800 million hectares—an area roughly the size of Australia—without considering human rights violations.

APA

Chandrasekaran, K. (2021). Las falaces “Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza” no resolverán la crisis climática. Son puro maquillaje verde empresarial. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/las-falaces-soluciones-basadas-en-la-naturaleza-no-resolveran-la-crisis-climatica-son-puro-maquillaje-verde-empresarial/

Chicago

Chandrasekaran, Kirtana. Las falaces “Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza” no resolverán la crisis climática. Son puro maquillaje verde empresarial. Friends of the Earth International, 2021. https://www.foei.org/es/las-falaces-soluciones-basadas-en-la-naturaleza-no-resolveran-la-crisis-climatica-son-puro-maquillaje-verde-empresarial/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{chandrasekaran2021las, author = {Chandrasekaran, Kirtana}, title = {{Las falaces “Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza” no resolverán la crisis climática. Son puro maquillaje verde empresarial.}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2021}, month = dec, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/las-falaces-soluciones-basadas-en-la-naturaleza-no-resolveran-la-crisis-climatica-son-puro-maquillaje-verde-empresarial/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }