Statement of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC)Joint Opening Plenary at COP27, Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptNovember 6, 2022 Climate change is a…
10 myths about net zero targets and carbon offsetting busted
The idea of carbon offsetting, which underpins so-called net zero targets, is founded on a number of myths. In many cases, offsetting relies on capturing…
Net Zero: the Big Con
by Chris Lang | REDD Monitor Big Polluters are responding to the climate crisis. But that’s not necessarily good news. As a recent report highlights,…
‘Orbis Spike’ in 1610 marks humanity’s first major impact on planet Earth
While 1492 may have been the year Columbus sailed the ocean blue, it also marks the start of a mass swapping of species between the…
COP27 is greenwashing pollution, greenwashing a police state, and greenwashing war
By Chris Lang | REDD Monitor On 8 October 2022, the Guardian published an extract from Greta Thunberg’s “The Climate Book”. Thunberg argues that we’ve…
Opiates of the Environmentalists? Anthropocene Illusions, Planetary Management & The Capitalocene Alternative
By Jason W. Moore | This article is a part of the dossier entitled “Capitalism and Ecological Destruction: Paths of Struggle and Alternatives” prepared in…
‘Green Wall Street’: on the extractivist co-option of ecological politics
Where its capacity to betray any alleged values is concerned, the Australian Labor Party rarely disappoints. Since coming to power in the federal election in…
The Matter of Empire: Metaphysics and Mining in Colonial Peru
… excellent book on the conquest of the America’s by Spain.North of Oxford The Matter of Empire examines the philosophical principles invoked by apologists of…