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RSPO Sustainability Claims are Misleading
According to the Palm Oil Action Group (POAG), many food and biodiesel companies are making misleading claims that the palm oil they are using in their products is environmentally friendly.
Doubts About Carbon Offsets
“Concerned citizens should be congratulated for wanting to reduce their carbon footprint. But when they buy offsets from a forestry project with their airline ticket, for example, they are actually buying a promise that the immediate emissions from their flight will be gradually offset over the next 100 years. There can be very little if any guarantee that this will actually happen.” says Christian Downie in a paper released by The Australia Institute on the 5th August 2007.
Unpacking the 2007 G8 Deal
On June 7 2007 the G8 summit in Germany agreed upon a landmark deal to tackle climate change, with the West's leading economies pledging to make "substantial" cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.