Oliver centers the story on the concept of —the requirement that an offset project must only happen because of the carbon credit funding.
The story of refers to the main segment of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver , which aired on August 21, 2022 . The episode dives into the "Wild West" of the voluntary carbon market, exploring why these popular tools for achieving "net-zero" goals are often deeply flawed. The Premise: The "Net-Zero" Illusion
Mapped: The impacts of carbon-offset projects around the world
: Oliver points to instances where "protected" forests used for offsets burned down in wildfires, releasing the stored carbon back into the atmosphere and rendering the previous "offset" moot. The "Greenwashing" Trap
: Many projects, particularly large-scale renewable energy farms or forests that were never under threat, would have existed anyway.
Oliver centers the story on the concept of —the requirement that an offset project must only happen because of the carbon credit funding.
The story of refers to the main segment of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver , which aired on August 21, 2022 . The episode dives into the "Wild West" of the voluntary carbon market, exploring why these popular tools for achieving "net-zero" goals are often deeply flawed. The Premise: The "Net-Zero" Illusion [S9E21] Carbon Offsets
Mapped: The impacts of carbon-offset projects around the world Oliver centers the story on the concept of
: Oliver points to instances where "protected" forests used for offsets burned down in wildfires, releasing the stored carbon back into the atmosphere and rendering the previous "offset" moot. The "Greenwashing" Trap The Premise: The "Net-Zero" Illusion Mapped: The impacts
: Many projects, particularly large-scale renewable energy farms or forests that were never under threat, would have existed anyway.