Jessica Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social
Immigrant. Poli sci prof at U of Toronto. Politics of climate change, carbon markets, oceans, NGOs, enviro politics. Author of Existential Politics, out now: tinyurl.com/ybephkfb. Occasional ranter. greenprofgreen.com
obrigado a você!
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
obrigado a você!
and a happy Sunday to you, sir!
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
and a happy Sunday to you, sir!
It's well past time to get rid of all non-permanent offsets (and this DEFINITELY includes nature based "solutions")
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/false-...
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/false-...
The False Promise of Carbon Offsets
It’s time to retire an ineffective tactic to fight climate change.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's well past time to get rid of all non-permanent offsets (and this DEFINITELY includes nature based "solutions")
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/false-...
www.foreignaffairs.com/world/false-...
As a person from the Global North, I say that we have passed it to convey urgency and as a justification for more and faster action. But that's just me.
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
As a person from the Global North, I say that we have passed it to convey urgency and as a justification for more and faster action. But that's just me.
Not a constituent, but wish you had endorsed him too, Danny.
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Not a constituent, but wish you had endorsed him too, Danny.
Noted! I get that it's a form of insurance, but it's a VERY grim one. Instead of developed countries just giving out finance for mitigation and adaptation, they are financializing risk. Also, these bets will become increasingly risky...and then what?
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Noted! I get that it's a form of insurance, but it's a VERY grim one. Instead of developed countries just giving out finance for mitigation and adaptation, they are financializing risk. Also, these bets will become increasingly risky...and then what?
They bet against and if they bet correctly (ie no disaster), they get payments. If they bet incorrectly, Jamaica gets the money.
November 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
They bet against and if they bet correctly (ie no disaster), they get payments. If they bet incorrectly, Jamaica gets the money.
Like I knew these existed but when you stop to think about it it’s ghoulish
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Like I knew these existed but when you stop to think about it it’s ghoulish
Next time I am in NYC, let's hang! I would love to trade seam ripping stories lol.
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Next time I am in NYC, let's hang! I would love to trade seam ripping stories lol.
Woot! Look at us -- communicating with each other, amplifying each others' work and pulling the oars in the same direction 💪
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Woot! Look at us -- communicating with each other, amplifying each others' work and pulling the oars in the same direction 💪