Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
An ugly fight for African forest offsets NZ may have to buy
TL;DR: An unholy scramble for control of African forests is emerging in the run-up to COP28, where final negotiations on international offsets (Article 6 of the Paris Agreement) will take place. The cost of New Zealand’s emissions gap may depend on the availability of cheap offsets from emerging markets. (See more detail below)
Elsewhere in climate news this week:
* The road to climate hell will be travelled in electric vehicles according to a report out this week that shows global progress toward 2030 targets across a range of sectoral indicators are all off-track with one exception — the…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.