Carbon Hunters. Pollution, Profits, and Profiteering
Description
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.
Runtime
48 min
Subjects
- Ecosystem management (128)
- Social change (532)
- Rural-urban migration (144)
- Climatic changes (510)
- Business ethics (382)
- Conservation of natural resources (540)
- Environmental protection (361)
- Management (2363)
- Social ecology (250)
- Urbanization (175)
- Population policy (78)
- Climatology (68)
- Air pollution (33)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2010], c2009
Database
Films on Demand
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