Whale Offsets with Cassandra

Breaking Green

As many nations promise net-zero emissions to fight climate change, corporate interests continue to promote offsets as opposed to the actual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at the source. So-called nature-based solutions promote a green economy that commodifies nature and reduces ecosystems to a balance sheet of commodities to be traded for license to destroy and pollute elsewhere. Now there is a proposal for Whale offsets.
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Chapters

1. Breaking Green Introducion (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to Episode (00:00:27)

3. Introduction to Casandra (00:01:00)

4. Casandra as UN facilitator and translator (00:01:43)

5. Casandra's work in Glasgow (00:02:30)

6. What is a whale offset (00:02:59)

7. How much carbon do whale offsets allegedly account for? (00:05:36)

8. Will behaviors change? (00:07:58)

9. Will corporations do what they say? (00:10:23)

10. Break with Theresa Church (00:12:23)

11. Will whale offsets harm whales? (00:13:30)

12. General view on offsets (00:14:34)

13. Where did the idea come from? (00:16:24)

14. Who will monitor the offsets? (00:17:08)

15. Carrying the message to Glasgow (00:18:46)

16. The Green Economy (00:19:15)

17. US Congress and whale offsets (00:19:55)

18. Who is promoting whale offsets? (00:22:25)

19. Are offsets a shell game? (00:23:18)

20. What is the greatest threat to whales. (00:24:16)

21. For more information (00:24:49)

22. You have been listening to Breaking Green (00:25:37)