Real Zero Europe
@realzeroeurope.bsky.social
📢 Campaign for real climate solutions & real emissions cuts
✊ Supported by 200+ NGOs, networks, groups & activists in Europe & beyond
👉 https://www.realzeroeurope.org/
✊ Supported by 200+ NGOs, networks, groups & activists in Europe & beyond
👉 https://www.realzeroeurope.org/
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🔴 BREAKING: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org reveals €17+ billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001.
After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum.
Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum.
Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
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📣 Breaking: Analysis from Oil Change International &
@corporateeurope.org reveals €17.3 billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001 and the fossil fuel ties influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum #FossilFreePolitics
Read the full factsheet ➡️ oilchange.org/publications...
@corporateeurope.org reveals €17.3 billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001 and the fossil fuel ties influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum #FossilFreePolitics
Read the full factsheet ➡️ oilchange.org/publications...
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📣 Breaking: Analysis from Oil Change International &
@corporateeurope.org reveals €17.3 billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001 and the fossil fuel ties influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum #FossilFreePolitics
Read the full factsheet ➡️ oilchange.org/publications...
@corporateeurope.org reveals €17.3 billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001 and the fossil fuel ties influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum #FossilFreePolitics
Read the full factsheet ➡️ oilchange.org/publications...
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On 8-9 Dec, the @EU_Commission hosts its Industrial Carbon Management Forum—promoting #CCS & dominated by fossil lobbyists. Despite decades of CCS failures, €billions still flow in, propping up dirty industries. A big win for fossil lobbyists. #ICMForum
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/m...
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Mapping the money behind carbon capture | Corporate Europe Observatory
New research by Corporate Europe Observatory and Oil Change International shows that Big Polluters have captured €17 billion in public subsidies for failed carbon capture technology – because fossil f...
corporateeurope.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
On 8-9 Dec, the @EU_Commission hosts its Industrial Carbon Management Forum—promoting #CCS & dominated by fossil lobbyists. Despite decades of CCS failures, €billions still flow in, propping up dirty industries. A big win for fossil lobbyists. #ICMForum
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/m...
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/m...
🔴 BREAKING: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org reveals €17+ billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001.
After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum.
Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum.
Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🔴 BREAKING: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org reveals €17+ billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001.
After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum.
Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum.
Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
🌱 The EU’s 2040 climate targets lean heavily on carbon removals & other “magical” techs.
But what if the real solution is already under our feet?
A new @iatp.bsky.social blog shows that transforming Europe’s food systems could cut agricultural emissions significantly without risky technologies 👇
But what if the real solution is already under our feet?
A new @iatp.bsky.social blog shows that transforming Europe’s food systems could cut agricultural emissions significantly without risky technologies 👇
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🌱 The EU’s 2040 climate targets lean heavily on carbon removals & other “magical” techs.
But what if the real solution is already under our feet?
A new @iatp.bsky.social blog shows that transforming Europe’s food systems could cut agricultural emissions significantly without risky technologies 👇
But what if the real solution is already under our feet?
A new @iatp.bsky.social blog shows that transforming Europe’s food systems could cut agricultural emissions significantly without risky technologies 👇
A study by @climateanalytics.org shows that reaching #RealZero isn’t some far-off ideal—it’s actually achievable, cost-effective & urgently needed.
Instead of relying on offsetting emissions, the analysis focuses on what really matters: phasing out fossil fuels👇
climateanalytics.org/publications...
Instead of relying on offsetting emissions, the analysis focuses on what really matters: phasing out fossil fuels👇
climateanalytics.org/publications...
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A study by @climateanalytics.org shows that reaching #RealZero isn’t some far-off ideal—it’s actually achievable, cost-effective & urgently needed.
Instead of relying on offsetting emissions, the analysis focuses on what really matters: phasing out fossil fuels👇
climateanalytics.org/publications...
Instead of relying on offsetting emissions, the analysis focuses on what really matters: phasing out fossil fuels👇
climateanalytics.org/publications...
🆕 The Land Gap Report 2025 shows how climate ambition is still being undermined by an unrealistic reliance on land-based carbon removal.
The report reviews land-based & technological #CDR across national climate pledges submitted by 194 countries & the #EU before #COP30 👇
landgap.org/2025/report
The report reviews land-based & technological #CDR across national climate pledges submitted by 194 countries & the #EU before #COP30 👇
landgap.org/2025/report
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 The Land Gap Report 2025 shows how climate ambition is still being undermined by an unrealistic reliance on land-based carbon removal.
The report reviews land-based & technological #CDR across national climate pledges submitted by 194 countries & the #EU before #COP30 👇
landgap.org/2025/report
The report reviews land-based & technological #CDR across national climate pledges submitted by 194 countries & the #EU before #COP30 👇
landgap.org/2025/report
🔴 Once again, a huge number of fossil fuel lobbyists are participating in climate talks.
A new analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut found that more than 1,600 fossil-fuel lobbyists have been granted access to #COP30 👇
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
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A new analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut found that more than 1,600 fossil-fuel lobbyists have been granted access to #COP30 👇
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🔴 Once again, a huge number of fossil fuel lobbyists are participating in climate talks.
A new analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut found that more than 1,600 fossil-fuel lobbyists have been granted access to #COP30 👇
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
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A new analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut found that more than 1,600 fossil-fuel lobbyists have been granted access to #COP30 👇
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
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🚨 NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🚨 NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
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"Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all COP30 delegations except Brazil" - via @ninalakhani.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
Time to kick them out? ⏰
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Time to kick them out? ⏰
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all COP30 delegations except Brazil" - via @ninalakhani.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
Time to kick them out? ⏰
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Time to kick them out? ⏰
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🚨 100+ organisations, including RZE members @ciel.org, @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social, @corporateeurope.org, @foeeurope.bsky.social, @recommon.org & @somoamsterdam.bsky.social, have written to Wopke Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to #COP30 🇧🇷 👇
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More than 100 organisations tell Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! - Fossil Free Politics
As COP30 approaches, we're now calling on the EU's climate chief, Commissioner Wopka Hoekstra, to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks again this year, and to push member states to ...
fossilfreepolitics.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚨 100+ organisations, including RZE members @ciel.org, @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social, @corporateeurope.org, @foeeurope.bsky.social, @recommon.org & @somoamsterdam.bsky.social, have written to Wopke Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to #COP30 🇧🇷 👇
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🔴 A Climate Law for Polluters, Confirmed.
Europe’s new 2040 #ClimateTarget locks in loopholes, not real climate action.
Offsets, carbon removals, and review clauses won’t phase out fossil fuels — they just buy time for polluters.
Read our statement 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...
Europe’s new 2040 #ClimateTarget locks in loopholes, not real climate action.
Offsets, carbon removals, and review clauses won’t phase out fossil fuels — they just buy time for polluters.
Read our statement 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🔴 A Climate Law for Polluters, Confirmed.
Europe’s new 2040 #ClimateTarget locks in loopholes, not real climate action.
Offsets, carbon removals, and review clauses won’t phase out fossil fuels — they just buy time for polluters.
Read our statement 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...
Europe’s new 2040 #ClimateTarget locks in loopholes, not real climate action.
Offsets, carbon removals, and review clauses won’t phase out fossil fuels — they just buy time for polluters.
Read our statement 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...
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This morning, EU environment ministers meet to agree a way forward for the Climate Law🌍 ...but leaked drafts show plans to weaken the 2040 target of slashing emissions by 90% if it is hurting industry "competitiveness" 🏭
Read more on 🔍 Deregulation Watch 🔎
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
Read more on 🔍 Deregulation Watch 🔎
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This morning, EU environment ministers meet to agree a way forward for the Climate Law🌍 ...but leaked drafts show plans to weaken the 2040 target of slashing emissions by 90% if it is hurting industry "competitiveness" 🏭
Read more on 🔍 Deregulation Watch 🔎
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
Read more on 🔍 Deregulation Watch 🔎
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
❌ We can’t solve the climate crisis with the same logic that created it.
#NetZero keeps promising future fixes while allowing pollution to continue today.
Carbon offsets and carbon removals let polluters buy time, protecting the fossil fuel industry’s license to operate — not people or the planet👇
#NetZero keeps promising future fixes while allowing pollution to continue today.
Carbon offsets and carbon removals let polluters buy time, protecting the fossil fuel industry’s license to operate — not people or the planet👇
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
❌ We can’t solve the climate crisis with the same logic that created it.
#NetZero keeps promising future fixes while allowing pollution to continue today.
Carbon offsets and carbon removals let polluters buy time, protecting the fossil fuel industry’s license to operate — not people or the planet👇
#NetZero keeps promising future fixes while allowing pollution to continue today.
Carbon offsets and carbon removals let polluters buy time, protecting the fossil fuel industry’s license to operate — not people or the planet👇
Net Zero ≠ Real Climate Action
📢 Across Europe, campaigners are calling out the failures of the net-zero agenda — and demanding a Real Zero approach instead.
👉 Real Zero means cutting emissions at the source, ending fossil fuels, and investing in real climate solutions.
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📢 Across Europe, campaigners are calling out the failures of the net-zero agenda — and demanding a Real Zero approach instead.
👉 Real Zero means cutting emissions at the source, ending fossil fuels, and investing in real climate solutions.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Net Zero ≠ Real Climate Action
📢 Across Europe, campaigners are calling out the failures of the net-zero agenda — and demanding a Real Zero approach instead.
👉 Real Zero means cutting emissions at the source, ending fossil fuels, and investing in real climate solutions.
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📢 Across Europe, campaigners are calling out the failures of the net-zero agenda — and demanding a Real Zero approach instead.
👉 Real Zero means cutting emissions at the source, ending fossil fuels, and investing in real climate solutions.
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🤔 Wondering how to recognise a false solution when you see one?
This time in our Pulling Back the Curtain webinar series, we’ll explore some of the most common so-called land-based solutions—like carbon and #biodiversity offsets, #carbonfarming, and #biochar.
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This time in our Pulling Back the Curtain webinar series, we’ll explore some of the most common so-called land-based solutions—like carbon and #biodiversity offsets, #carbonfarming, and #biochar.
👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🤔 Wondering how to recognise a false solution when you see one?
This time in our Pulling Back the Curtain webinar series, we’ll explore some of the most common so-called land-based solutions—like carbon and #biodiversity offsets, #carbonfarming, and #biochar.
👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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This time in our Pulling Back the Curtain webinar series, we’ll explore some of the most common so-called land-based solutions—like carbon and #biodiversity offsets, #carbonfarming, and #biochar.
👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🤔 Wondering how to recognise a false solution when you see one?
This time in our Pulling Back the Curtain webinar series, we’ll explore some of the most common so-called land-based solutions—like carbon and #biodiversity offsets, #carbonfarming, and #biochar.
👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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This time in our Pulling Back the Curtain webinar series, we’ll explore some of the most common so-called land-based solutions—like carbon and #biodiversity offsets, #carbonfarming, and #biochar.
👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🤔 Wondering how to recognise a false solution when you see one?
This time in our Pulling Back the Curtain webinar series, we’ll explore some of the most common so-called land-based solutions—like carbon and #biodiversity offsets, #carbonfarming, and #biochar.
👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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This time in our Pulling Back the Curtain webinar series, we’ll explore some of the most common so-called land-based solutions—like carbon and #biodiversity offsets, #carbonfarming, and #biochar.
👉 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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#Geoengineering is being sold as a climate “plan B.”
🚫 It’s a #biodiversity death sentence.
Our new blog breaks down why these unproven, massive-scale tech interventions—from spraying aerosols to dumping biomass in the deep sea—will accelerate ecological collapse, not prevent it.
🚫 It’s a #biodiversity death sentence.
Our new blog breaks down why these unproven, massive-scale tech interventions—from spraying aerosols to dumping biomass in the deep sea—will accelerate ecological collapse, not prevent it.
October 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
#Geoengineering is being sold as a climate “plan B.”
🚫 It’s a #biodiversity death sentence.
Our new blog breaks down why these unproven, massive-scale tech interventions—from spraying aerosols to dumping biomass in the deep sea—will accelerate ecological collapse, not prevent it.
🚫 It’s a #biodiversity death sentence.
Our new blog breaks down why these unproven, massive-scale tech interventions—from spraying aerosols to dumping biomass in the deep sea—will accelerate ecological collapse, not prevent it.
Join the next session in our webinar series!
These sessions unpack some of the most common #FalseSolutions to the climate crisis, exploring the risks they pose & empowering NGOs and activists to challenge them.
🗓️ Monday, 13 October 2025
🕒 15–17 CEST
Sing up now👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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These sessions unpack some of the most common #FalseSolutions to the climate crisis, exploring the risks they pose & empowering NGOs and activists to challenge them.
🗓️ Monday, 13 October 2025
🕒 15–17 CEST
Sing up now👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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September 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Join the next session in our webinar series!
These sessions unpack some of the most common #FalseSolutions to the climate crisis, exploring the risks they pose & empowering NGOs and activists to challenge them.
🗓️ Monday, 13 October 2025
🕒 15–17 CEST
Sing up now👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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These sessions unpack some of the most common #FalseSolutions to the climate crisis, exploring the risks they pose & empowering NGOs and activists to challenge them.
🗓️ Monday, 13 October 2025
🕒 15–17 CEST
Sing up now👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🔴 A new study shows the system is structured so that truly independent, unbiased audits are basically impossible.
👉 The “independent” auditors tasked with validating credit claims are hired by the project developers themselves, creating a built-in conflict of interest.
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👉 The “independent” auditors tasked with validating credit claims are hired by the project developers themselves, creating a built-in conflict of interest.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🔴 A new study shows the system is structured so that truly independent, unbiased audits are basically impossible.
👉 The “independent” auditors tasked with validating credit claims are hired by the project developers themselves, creating a built-in conflict of interest.
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👉 The “independent” auditors tasked with validating credit claims are hired by the project developers themselves, creating a built-in conflict of interest.
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Today the Commission closes its consultation on ‘CO2 infrastructure & markets’ – a fossil fuel industry stitch up full of deregulation that seeks to entrench carbon capture by building costly and dangerous CO2 pipelines.
Read more on Deregulation Watch:
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
Read more on Deregulation Watch:
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
Deregulation Watch | Corporate Europe Observatory
Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme...
corporateeurope.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today the Commission closes its consultation on ‘CO2 infrastructure & markets’ – a fossil fuel industry stitch up full of deregulation that seeks to entrench carbon capture by building costly and dangerous CO2 pipelines.
Read more on Deregulation Watch:
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
Read more on Deregulation Watch:
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
👉 In July, the European Commission proposed a new 2040 climate target – 90% emissions reduction vs. 1990 levels.
But behind the big headline lies a dangerous loophole.
By relying on international #CarbonCredits & unproven #CarbonRemovals, the proposal risks becoming a free pass for polluters 👇
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But behind the big headline lies a dangerous loophole.
By relying on international #CarbonCredits & unproven #CarbonRemovals, the proposal risks becoming a free pass for polluters 👇
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September 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
👉 In July, the European Commission proposed a new 2040 climate target – 90% emissions reduction vs. 1990 levels.
But behind the big headline lies a dangerous loophole.
By relying on international #CarbonCredits & unproven #CarbonRemovals, the proposal risks becoming a free pass for polluters 👇
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But behind the big headline lies a dangerous loophole.
By relying on international #CarbonCredits & unproven #CarbonRemovals, the proposal risks becoming a free pass for polluters 👇
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🔴 New research from @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social reveals once again that #CarbonOffsets are ineffective and prone to failure.
The voluntary carbon market (#VCM) is sold as a “golden ticket” to net zero… but it’s just a license for polluters to keep polluting
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The voluntary carbon market (#VCM) is sold as a “golden ticket” to net zero… but it’s just a license for polluters to keep polluting
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August 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🔴 New research from @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social reveals once again that #CarbonOffsets are ineffective and prone to failure.
The voluntary carbon market (#VCM) is sold as a “golden ticket” to net zero… but it’s just a license for polluters to keep polluting
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The voluntary carbon market (#VCM) is sold as a “golden ticket” to net zero… but it’s just a license for polluters to keep polluting
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🌱 Nature offsets, just like carbon offsets, are not a real solution to the climate & biodiversity crises we're facing.
❌ They risk harming the environment instead of protecting it, while allowing business as usual to continue & gambling with our future 👇
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❌ They risk harming the environment instead of protecting it, while allowing business as usual to continue & gambling with our future 👇
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EU’s roadmap for #naturecredits confirms the fears we expressed about the leaked version. We understand that #naturecredits will most likely be used as international compliance offsets. 1/3
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August 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🌱 Nature offsets, just like carbon offsets, are not a real solution to the climate & biodiversity crises we're facing.
❌ They risk harming the environment instead of protecting it, while allowing business as usual to continue & gambling with our future 👇
greenfinanceobservatory.org/wp-content/u...
❌ They risk harming the environment instead of protecting it, while allowing business as usual to continue & gambling with our future 👇
greenfinanceobservatory.org/wp-content/u...
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EU’s nature credits? A roadmap to greenwashing.
In the words of @claradb.bsky.social, "a cover for inaction, a greenwashing shortcut that allows corporations to keep destroying nature as long as they pay for it".
Read our full reaction & short analysis 👇 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
In the words of @claradb.bsky.social, "a cover for inaction, a greenwashing shortcut that allows corporations to keep destroying nature as long as they pay for it".
Read our full reaction & short analysis 👇 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
EU’s nature credits: a roadmap to greenwashing
The European Commission today published its Roadmap for Nature Credits, laying the ground for a new market that would turn biodiversity into a financial instrument. Friends of the Earth Europe alerts ...
friendsoftheearth.eu
July 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
EU’s nature credits? A roadmap to greenwashing.
In the words of @claradb.bsky.social, "a cover for inaction, a greenwashing shortcut that allows corporations to keep destroying nature as long as they pay for it".
Read our full reaction & short analysis 👇 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
In the words of @claradb.bsky.social, "a cover for inaction, a greenwashing shortcut that allows corporations to keep destroying nature as long as they pay for it".
Read our full reaction & short analysis 👇 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
🚨 This loophole relies on a failed approach: letting polluting industries buy offset credits from outside Europe.
Each credit = one tonne of CO2 that polluting industries can emit.
The result? Delayed #ClimateAction and more emissions.
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Each credit = one tonne of CO2 that polluting industries can emit.
The result? Delayed #ClimateAction and more emissions.
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1/2 What does the EU's #2040 climate target loophole mean in reality?
The @oekoinstitut.bsky.social shows that using international carbon offsets for 3% of its emissions cuts means "the EU’s 2040 net emissions would be 30% higher" than if it made the cuts domestically
www.oeko.de/publikation/...
The @oekoinstitut.bsky.social shows that using international carbon offsets for 3% of its emissions cuts means "the EU’s 2040 net emissions would be 30% higher" than if it made the cuts domestically
www.oeko.de/publikation/...
The proposed 2040 climate target for the EU
On 2 July 2025 the Commission published its proposal for the EU’s greenhouse gas emission target for the year 2040. This target and its implementation will determine the EU’s climate ambition for the ...
www.oeko.de
July 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🚨 This loophole relies on a failed approach: letting polluting industries buy offset credits from outside Europe.
Each credit = one tonne of CO2 that polluting industries can emit.
The result? Delayed #ClimateAction and more emissions.
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Each credit = one tonne of CO2 that polluting industries can emit.
The result? Delayed #ClimateAction and more emissions.
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