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Cop29 takes place in Azerbaijan, a country heavily dependent on gas and oil exports, increasingly courted by Europe which wants to replace Russian supplies.

Carbon offsets have become big business as more companies make promises to protect the climate but can’t meet the goals on their own. When a company buys carbon offsets, it pays a project elsewhere to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on its behalf – by planting trees, for example, or generating renewable energy. The idea is that reducing greenhouse gas emissions anywhere pays off for the global climate. But not all offsets have the same value. There is growing skepticism about many of the offsets sold on voluntary carbon markets. In contrast to compliance markets, where companies buy and sell a limited number of allowances that are issued by regulators, these voluntary carbon markets have few rules that can be enforced consistently. Investigations have found that many voluntary offset projects, forest management projects in particular, have done little to benefit the climate despite their claims. I specialize in sustainable finance and corporate governance. My collea...

Carbon offsets have become big business as more companies make promises to protect the climate but can’t meet the goals on their own. When a company buys carbon offsets, it pays a project elsewhere to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on its behalf – by planting trees, for example, or generating renewable energy. The idea is that reducing greenhouse gas emissions anywhere pays off for the global climate. But not all offsets have the same value. There is growing skepticism about many of the offsets sold on voluntary carbon markets. In contrast to compliance markets, where companies buy and sell a limited number of allowances that are issued by regulators, these voluntary carbon markets have few rules that can be enforced consistently. Investigations have found that many voluntary offset projects, forest management projects in particular, have done little to benefit the climate despite their claims. I specialize in sustainable finance and corporate governance. My collea...

The next Farm Bill could help more SNAP participants afford fruits and vegetables and benefit local farmers.

In Cremona, Tamoil presented a project for the construction of a 5-6 megawatt photovoltaic park on the former area of ​​its refinery, converted into a warehouse about 13 years ago.The project, delivered to the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, according to some associations represents a strategy of the oil company to evade the commitment to clean up, exploiting regulatory gaps and thus leaving Cremona with a heavy unresolved environmental legacy. For the city and its inhabitants, the new photovoltaic park could therefore be a blunder:a promise of clean energy which however fails to dispel the shadows of pollution still present.The reconversion of the Tamoil area had already been outlined in 2011, when the company stopped processing crude oil.The agreement with the institutions and the social partners, signed at the then Ministry of Economic Development, provided for both economic support measures for employees with social safety nets and the start of reclamat...