{"id":177,"date":"2016-11-08T15:52:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T20:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/together-justice\/?p=177"},"modified":"2016-11-08T15:56:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T20:56:27","slug":"up-in-smoke-report-highlights-flaws-in-global-carbon-trading-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/together-justice\/2016\/11\/08\/up-in-smoke-report-highlights-flaws-in-global-carbon-trading-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Up in Smoke: Report highlights flaws in global carbon trading system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/Up_in_Smoke-1-387x500.jpg\" alt=\"up_in_smoke-1\" width=\"387\" height=\"500\" \/>Presbyterian Hunger Program partner Social Action in Nigeria recently published a report\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/saction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/publications\/Up_in_Smoke.pdf\">Up in Smoke: Gas Flaring<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/saction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/publications\/Up_in_Smoke.pdf\">, Communities and Carbon Trading in Nigeria<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As nations attempt to address the growing challenge of increasing greenhouse gas\u00a0emissions, impoverished communities in countries like Nigeria stand to lose out.<\/p>\n<p>The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 established an international\u00a0system for trading carbon credits in which big polluters stand to profit greatly while underreporting real emissions. The report argues that the\u00a02015\u00a0Paris Agreement risks replicating the same system.<\/p>\n<p>The report demonstrates how international markets for carbon credits ignore the calls for environmental justice by communities that have historically been burdened with the harsh consequences of pollution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Presbyterian Hunger Program partner Social Action in Nigeria recently published a report\u00a0Up in Smoke: Gas Flaring, Communities and Carbon Trading in Nigeria. As nations attempt to address the growing challenge of increasing greenhouse gas\u00a0emissions, impoverished communities in countries like Nigeria stand to lose out. 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