Patrick Greenfield

Carbon Pirates: Offsets and the Net-Zero Backlash

Drawing on investigative reporting for the Guardian, this talk will discuss ongoing issues with carbon markets, corporate climate claims and the backlash against green policies from major companies.

Patrick Greenfield is a biodiversity and environment reporter with the Guardian newspaper covering the loss of nature and the climate crisis. Alongside his work investigating carbon markets and nature based solutions, he was part of the Guardian's climate COP26, COP27 and Cop28 reporting teams, and helped lead their biodiversity COP15 coverage in Montreal. He was previously a TV producer with CNN and holds a masters in international and development economics from Yale University.

Speaker Bio

Patrick Greenfield is a biodiversity and environment reporter with the Guardian newspaper covering the loss of nature and the climate crisis. Alongside his work investigating carbon markets and nature based solutions, he was part of the Guardian's climate COP26, COP27 and Cop28 reporting teams, and helped lead their biodiversity COP15 coverage in Montreal. He was previously a TV producer with CNN and holds a masters in international and development economics from Yale University.

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