Cases / Carbon credits · Zambia · 2021–2023
Eni bought Zambian forest credits as a community received about EUR 50,000
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Nature's voice · report
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Eni acquired about 3.1 million credits from the Luangwa community forests project in Zambia, which covers 943,646 hectares. REDD-Monitor reported that the Luembe community received about EUR 50,000 in one year, that its chief said this was not enough, and that a school built with scheme funds stood empty.
What?
Eni acquired about 3.1 million credits from the Luangwa community forests project in Zambia. REDD-Monitor
Where?
Luangwa area, Zambia REDD-Monitor
When?
2021-2023 REDD-Monitor
Who?
Gained
- Eni — Acquired about 3.1 million credits from the Luangwa community forests REDD-Monitor
Lost
None on recordHarmed
- Luembe community — Received about EUR 50,000 in one year, which its chief said was not enough; a school built with scheme funds stood empty REDD-Monitor
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Eni acquired the credits, and the Luembe community received a payment from the same Luangwa area scheme. REDD-Monitor
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
REDD-Monitor reported that Eni acquired about 3.1 million credits from the Luangwa community forests project in Zambia, which covers 943,646 hectares.
According to the same source, the Luembe community received about EUR 50,000 in one year, a school built with scheme funds stood empty, and the community's chief said the money was not enough.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Eni planned a Zambia and Tanzania credit portfolio of 10 million tonnes a year by 2025 and 20 million tonnes a year by 2030 (Eni, November 2020).
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Eni's 2050 target is 30-40 million tonnes a year of nature-based credits.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the credits, area or payments of the Ntakata scheme in Tanzania.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say how the credit price or total value was split, or whether the Luembe payment was the full benefit-sharing amount.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether the school was later used, or whether community payments have increased.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers
Communities and civil society
- Eni's Luangwa credits and payments to the Luembe communityREDD-Monitor · 2023-06-20
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