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Deal Narrative 5: Implementing carbon offset projects in Indonesia’s rainforests – a win-win for climate and local communities?
Although land-intensive investment projects have shaped economies and societies for centuries in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), renewed global attention surfaced in the 2000s due to surges in investments in agriculture. Placing even more pressure on land in these regions over the last two decades, global climate change mitigation efforts …
Deal Narrative 4: Ensuring a just energy transition in the Philippines: Evidence from the Nabas Wind Farm
With fuel combustion to generate electricity and heat accounting for almost half of global carbon emission in 2022 alone, decarbonising the energy sector has become essential if we are to meet global climate goals. Across Asia, countries are addressing this challenge by advancing large-scale renewable energy projects, such as India’s …
Deal Narrative I: Who benefits from tree-planting in the Global South? The case of two carbon offset projects in Laos
With biological carbon removal projects already receiving large parts of the increasing financial flows towards carbon offsetting, this deal narrative illustrates the ensuing trade-offs and potential benefits using the example of two land deals from the Land Matrix database in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), commonly known as Laos.
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