Climate threat|Sweden and the climate

The middle hand: It hurts to take part in the review

The company Zeromission does not recognize the picture that emerges in Aftonbladet's review of the tree planting project in Uganda, which the hamburger chain Max invested in to compensate for its climate emissions.

In the review, several farmers say that they have not been paid according to the agreement, and that the trees have grown so tall and dense that it has become impossible to grow food. This in turn has led to hunger and children being forced out of school.

Zeromission has acted as an intermediary and sold the carbon credits to Max and other Swedish companies. The company's CEO Henrik Juhlin tells TV4 Nyhetsmorgon that all farmers have been paid in accordance with the agreements, but says that it "hurts the heart" to take part in Aftonbladet's review,

- It hurts to see, and this is something we really have to dig more into.

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Maximum climate compensation has led to hunger in Uganda

Several Swedish companies, among others the hamburger chain Max, have put money into a tree planting project in Uganda to compensate for the climate. But the tree planting has led to a food shortage and the farmers have now started cutting down the trees, writes Aftonbladet in a report.

The newspaper has met several families who jumped on the project and planted trees where they previously grew crops. They testify to delayed and non-appearing payments. The tree crowns obscure the sun and prevent anything else from growing.

- This is climate colonialism, says a Ugandan environmental scientist to the newspaper.

Max says in a statement that they take the information very seriously and that they intend to demand a follow-up from the company that sold the carbon credits.