From Cancún, Democracy Now questions President Rafael Correa about US manipulation of last year’s climate talks. Wikileaks Cablegate reveals Ecuador was denied aid for refusing to sign the Copenhagen accord.
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), would include forests in the emerging carbon markets, allowing governments and corporations to purchase permits to protect forests as a way to offset the carbon released into the atmosphere through its industrial pollution. Though often reported as a means to stop deforestation, there is widespread opposition to REDD from environmental and indigenous groups.
