Why 'nature-based solutions' are so controversial at #cop15.

Congolese farmers barred from own land for tree planting project by French oil giant Total Energies news.sky.com/story/congoles…
A project of Total's Nature-based Solutions Unit... totalenergies.com/media/news/pre…
#naturebasedsolutions is becoming a big end-game fight at #cop15. This is why #ecologicaljustice groups coming out so strongly about #nbs.
With these empty slogans like #naturebasedsolutions, it's always essential to unpack. Solutions to what? Total is not the only oil company with a 'nature-based solutions' unit. #NBS are clearly valuable #greenwashing tools of the biggest polluters.
The biggest promoters of #nbs at the #cop15 negotiations are the wealthiest nations of the world: European Union, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland. So #nbs are also about #greenwashing the ongoing overconsumption of resources by the global North.
The US would certainly be on that list but they are not a party to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. They let others do the work at #COP15 on behalf of the global elite and the fossil fuel industry.

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