Emmanuel Macron’s “Biodiversity Credits”: What are we talking about? (commentary)

President Macron announced on 7 November 2022 at the CoP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, an initiative to protect the planet’s “vital carbon and biodiversity reserves”, such as old-growth forests, peat bogs or mangroves. A proposal for “positive conservation partnerships” is made to countries hosting such reserves, based on “political and financial contracts” that would … Continue reading Emmanuel Macron’s “Biodiversity Credits”: What are we talking about? (commentary)