Pulling Back the Curtain: Debunking the Myths of Nature-Based False Solutions
This webinar, hosted by Real Zero Europe on 13 October 2025, is the second in a series unpacking some of the most common false solutions to the climate crisis, and exploring the risks these approaches pose to people and the climate.
This session focuses on so-called nature-based and land-based approaches, and explores how these narratives can distract from real climate action, particularly in the EU context, and the risks they pose.
The webinar includes presentations on:
Carbon offsets - Joanna Cabello, SOMO
Land-based offsets - Sophie Scherger, IATP
Industrial forestry - Kelsey Perlman, Fern
Biochar - Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch
Biodiversity offsets - Frederic Hache, Green Finance Observatory
Timestamps:
0:04:10 - Uncovering carbon offsets
0:29:47 - Land-based offsets in EU climate policy
0:43:43 - Industrial forestry: a model in need of reform
1:09:15 - Biochar: The quick and dirty way to get CDR carbon offsets while wasting wood and other biomass
1:27:35 - Are biodiversity offsets a solution to the biodiversity crisis?
Further reading:
Carbon Farming Won't Save the Planet (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP))
Biochar: a critical perspective (Biofuelwatch - also available in German)
A roadmap to ruin (Green Finance Observatory)
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