Is the COP process set up to fail? Joe Romm Interview PT3 - dodgy offsets, double accounting

ClimateGenn hosted by Nick Breeze

English - September 17, 2023 19:58 - 23 minutes - 43.5 MB
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Previous Episode: Dr Joe Romm Pt 2 - Double Accounting & Climate Colonialism

Next Episode: Dr Euan Nisbet - Methane: Wetlands are “turning on” - a feedback effect to human induced climate heating causing a Termination event.

In part 3 with Joe, we discuss how dodgy offsets and double accounting feed into COP28 and ask the question - is the COP process set-up to fail? A link to Joe’s in-depth paper on all of this is in the notes.To get full episodes much earlier, join via Youtube or Patreon: https://patreon.com/genncc

Link to Joe's paper on offsets: https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/web.sas.upenn.edu/dist/0/896/files/2023/06/OffsetPaper7.0-6-27-23-FINAL2.pdf

Part 3 Content Guide

1. With so many nations trying to defraud the Paris Agreement carbon accounting mechanism, will we ever achieve our goals? 

2. Denmark, the oil company and Microsoft - blending the real with the fake offsets for cash.3. UNFCCC Jargon: Authorised offsets, corresponding adjustments… agreed but not compulsory.

3. Where are the positives in all this? 

4. Is the COP set-up to fail?