Carbon Hunters: Pollution, Profits, and Profiteering

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2009

Carbon Hunters: Pollution, Profits, and Profiteering

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Participants in the global cap-and-trade system range from well-intentioned business leaders to rogue peddlers hoping for a quick and unprincipled killing. As for detractors, the carbon credit industry has no shortage, especially in the environmentalist movement. This film sifts through the many-sided controversy as it plays out in the West and in the developing world. Dedicated eco-watchdogs provide commentary, shedding light on important concepts like additionality and geoengineering. Viewers also meet brokers and investors who aim to earn from carbon sequestering around the world, while Indian, Filipino, and indigenous Canadian stakeholders struggle to make the
system work for them-or avoid it altogether. Original broadcast title: Carbon Hunters. A Force Four Entertainment Production. (49 minutes). A BBC Production.

BBC Worldwide Learning

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Ann-Marie MacDonald

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Moving Image

Climate Change

English

00:48:34

Rob Bromley, Gillian Lowrey, John Ritchie, Melanie Wood

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