

Exposing UN Greenwashing | Jacob Goldberg
Oct 26, 2023
Investigative journalist Jacob Goldberg exposes the UN's greenwashing of its climate neutrality claims. The UN performs no checks on the carbon credits it buys, linked to protest, rainforest destruction, and indigenous dispossession. The podcast explores the damaging effects of government subsidies, problems with carbon offsetting, corrupt deals, challenges in journalism, and the greenwashing of the Teles Pierce Dam in Brazil.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
UN Greenwashing: Investigating their Claim of Climate Neutrality
01:44 • 3min
The Impact of Government Subsidies and the UN's Carbon Neutrality Investigation
04:41 • 9min
The Problems with Carbon Offsetting and Carbon Credits
14:06 • 13min
Exploring Voluntary and Governmental Carbon Credit Projects
27:32 • 2min
Corrupt deal in Saba, Malaysia and the persistence of carbon credits
29:14 • 17min
Challenges and Reform in Journalism
46:26 • 2min
Highlighting the Greenwashing of the Teles Pierce Dam
48:19 • 2min