In this episode of Crash #COP27, Jill checks in with Edgar before the official start of COP27. Edgar reports back on the priorities of the It Takes Roots coalition, who are at the Conference of Parties to demand climate reparations, defend Indigenous rights, and say no to false solutions.Jill and Edgar go into detail on some false solutions to climate change that are currently being peddled not just at the local and state levels here in Washington State—for instance, is Microsoft paying into a carbon offset forest in King County?—but also at the COP in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.Recorded on November 6, 2022. Crash #COP27 is a special season of On the Frontlines.Check out:Blockchain company buys $1M in carbon credits generated by Issaquah forest, the biggest such deal in U.S. history (June 3, 2022, Seattle Times)Three Washington forests are part of the biggest carbon credit purchase in U.S. history. Is that a good thing? (June 8, 2022, KUOW)Music:Maximalism by Punch Deck | https://soundcloud.com/punch-deckMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_USFind On the Frontlines at frontandcentered.org/podcast

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