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World Bank uses climate crisis as cover for land-grabbing, Oakland Institute says (news.mongabay.com)
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The World Bank promotes expansion of private land ownership and title to improve efficient land use and recently announced billions of dollars to support these policies, claiming it will also facilitate carbon projects including offsets and afforestation. But analysis by the Oakland Institute (OI) argues those investments overwhelmingly benefit big business at the expense of local and Indigenous communities.

“The Bank is hijacking the climate crisis to pursue an agenda that is not about climate but about catering for the financial and corporate interests fueling the crisis,” [...]

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Consolidation of farmland by corporations has been accelerating for 30 years. A world dominated by climate change will be one where access to food and it's weaponized counterpart, the absence of food, will be a strategic resource in the conflicts to come.