{"id":66191,"date":"2024-02-08T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=66191"},"modified":"2024-09-19T10:39:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:39:56","slug":"investigation-lobbying-against-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/publication\/66191\/investigation-lobbying-against-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation: Lobbying against Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Federal lobbying efforts by natural resource companies to influence nature and biodiversity policies<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>A new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2024\/02\/ada489c3-2024-lobbying-against-nature-report-1.pdf\">investigation<\/a>&nbsp;released today by Greenpeace Canada reveals a united industry front pushing for federal offset policies that would allow them to pay-to-pollute, instead of urgently needed measures like strong nature protections and absolute emissions reductions.<\/p>\n\n<p>Through Access to Information requests and analyzing the federal lobbyist registry, the investigation identifies the powerful logging, mining, agribusiness and oil interests lobbying the government to prioritize both \u201ccarbon offsets\u201d and \u201cbiodiversity offsets\u201d schemes.<\/p>\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2024\/02\/ada489c3-2024-lobbying-against-nature-report-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:300px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Lobbying against nature report.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-911cf2c6-5d3f-4bf0-be65-b6d1cf0063ed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2024\/02\/ada489c3-2024-lobbying-against-nature-report-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lobbying against nature report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2024\/02\/ada489c3-2024-lobbying-against-nature-report-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-911cf2c6-5d3f-4bf0-be65-b6d1cf0063ed\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n<p>This includes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2024\/02\/d24e2c00-atip-a-2023-00251-final-release-package-1-1-7-28-1-16.pdf\">minutes from a June 2023 roundtable<\/a>&nbsp;hosted by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to discuss with major resource companies the implementation of the landmark Kunming-Montreal Nature Agreement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The investigation also documents a huge increase in these and other offsets proponents lobbying key federal ministries responsible for setting environmental policy. According to our research, lobbying of these departments has increased by a stunning 222% since the Trudeau government was elected. Further, at least one ECCC staffer met with DevvStream, a carbon credit investor linked to a deal that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2024\/01\/false-claims-of-u-n-backing-see-indigenous-groups-cede-forest-rights-for-sketchy-finance\/\">cheated<\/a>&nbsp;Indigenous communities in Bolivia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Shell Canada, in particular, emerges as a key offset backer in the lead-up to the new federal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/climate-change\/pricing-pollution-how-it-will-work\/output-based-pricing-system\/federal-greenhouse-gas-offset-system\/protocols.html\">Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System<\/a>, despite&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/63024\/greenpeace-canada-claims-victory-for-shell-abandoning-offset-claims-in-face-of-competition-bureau-investigation\/\">recently taking down<\/a>&nbsp;its own offsets advertisements in the face of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/50740\/driving-carbon-neutral-with-fossil-fuels-greenpeace-canada-files-competition-bureau-complaint-against-misleading-shell-advertising\/\">Competition Bureau complaint<\/a>&nbsp;questioning their veracity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2024\/02\/ada489c3-2024-lobbying-against-nature-report-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-52342 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action 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