Carbify是一家荷蘭公司，聲稱擁有“為每個行業植樹的解決方案”。

有兩個Carbify公司：Carbify集團BV； Carbify BV都於2023年11月28日在荷蘭商會註冊。

A Dutch company called Carbify has developed a game called Eco Empires in which tribes such as Frozen Vanguard, Stormbringers, and Waterborne wage epic battles for the Earth.

一家名為Carbify的荷蘭公司已經開發了一款名為Eco Empires的遊戲，其中諸如冷凍的先鋒隊，暴風雨者和水上的工資史詩般的史詩般的史詩般的戰鬥。

While the company claims to have “Tree planting solutions for every sector”, the game appears to be focused more on crypto.

儘管該公司聲稱擁有“為每個行業植樹的解決方案”，但該遊戲似乎更多地集中在加密貨幣上。

According to the company’s website, the tribes in Eco Empires are collecting resources, building structures, and expanding their territory — all while becoming CO₂ neutral.

根據該公司的網站，生態帝國的部落正在收集資源，建造結構並擴大其領土，同時又成為中立。

The game is set in a world that has been affected by climate change, and the tribes are working together to restore the planet.

該遊戲設定在一個受氣候變化影響的世界中，部落正在共同努力恢復地球。

There is also a crypto coin. 10.52 million CBY tokens are apparently in circulation. The tokens are currently changing hands for US$0.18, down from US$4.26 in April 2024.

還有一個加密硬幣。顯然，有1052萬個CBY令牌正在流通。代幣目前以0.18美元的價格易手，低於2024年4月的4.26美元。

And then there are NFTrees. These are crypto trees linked to trees planted in the Amazon. The CO₂ absorbed by the trees can be converted to crypto tokens, or $aCO₂, which represent 1 kilogramme of CO₂.

然後是nftrees。這些是與亞馬遜種植的樹木相關的加密樹。樹木吸收的co可以轉換為代表1千克二氧化碳的加密代幣或$aco₂。

Earlier this year, Mongabay wrote about a report written by Planet, a satellite imaging company, Carbify, and a think tank called European Carbon Offset Tokenization Association (ECOTA).

今年早些時候，蒙加貝（Mongabay）撰寫了有關《星球》（Planet）撰寫的一份報告，該報告是一家衛星成像公司，Carbify和一個名為“歐洲碳抵消令牌化協會”（ECOTA）的智囊團。

“The sustainability and carbon market has a very deep-rooted integrity problem,” Maximilian Rösgen of ECOTA wrote in the report.

Ecota的MaximilianRösgen在報告中寫道：“可持續性和碳市場有一個非常根深蒂固的完整性問題。”

He added that the solution is satellite imagery and blockchain technology. William ten Zijthoff, one of the co-founders of Carbify, said that, “When we started Carbify, I found it very weird that nobody was asking where the carbon was coming from. We have companies in Europe that sell carbon credits and when you buy them and ask where they are from, they will say somewhere in Brazil or South Africa. We wanted to create transparent carbon offsets linking each kilo of absorbed carbon dioxide back to the original source. That can only be done by blockchain. Even blockchain was not ready for this. We had to develop a whole new smart contract that did not exist to link the carbon dioxide from the tree back to the geolocation.”

他補充說，解決方案是衛星圖像和區塊鏈技術。 Carbify的聯合創始人之一William Ten Zijthoff說：“當我們開始Carbify時，我發現沒有人問碳來自哪裡，這很奇怪。我們在歐洲有銷售碳信用額的公司，當您購買碳信用額並詢問它們來自哪裡時，他們會在巴西或南非的某個地方說。我們想創建透明的碳偏移，將每公斤吸收的二氧化碳與原始來源聯繫起來。這只能通過區塊鏈來完成。即使是區塊鏈也沒有為此做好準備。我們必須開發一份全新的智能合同，這些合同不存在，以將二氧化碳從樹上連接到地理位置。”

Unfortunately, Mongabay did not investigate Carbify’s operations.

不幸的是，蒙加貝沒有調查Carbify的操作。

But in September 2024, Follow the Money’s Mira Sys and Ties Gijzel published their investigation into the company.

但是在2024年9月，遵循這筆錢的Mira Sys和Ties Gijzel發表了對公司的調查。

It’s a great piece of investigative journalism that’s simultaneously funny and shocking: “This start-up claims to offset our emission by planting trees. But do those trees even exist?”

這是一項重要的調查新聞，同時又有趣又令人震驚：“這家初創企業聲稱可以通過種植樹木來抵消我們的排放。但是這些樹木甚至存在嗎？”

In April 2024, Sys and Gijzel visited the Impact Fair 2024 in Utrecht. After the fair, Follow the Money received a “Carbon Reduction Certificate” for the 215 kilogrammes CO₂ they had emitted by travelling to Utrecht and taking part in the fair:

2024年4月，Sys和Gijzel訪問了烏得勒支的2024年Impact Fair。博覽會結束後，遵循這筆錢獲得了他們通過前往烏得勒支（Utrecht）參加博覽會的215公斤co的“減少碳證書”：

The “certificate”, which came from Carbify, stated that,

來自Carbify的“證書”表示，

This certificate is proof of tree planting as a means of offsetting carbon emissions. The entity responsible for this certificate has verified their compensation of CO₂ emissions using blockchain technology, adhering to the guidelines set forth in the UN Climate Agreement. The certificate is stored permanently on the blockchain and cannot be modified.

該證書證明植樹作為抵消碳排放的一種手段。負責該證書的實體已使用區塊鏈技術驗證了他們對排放的補償，並遵守了聯合國氣候協議中規定的準則。證書永久存儲在區塊鏈上，無法修改。

“Our interest is piqued,” Sys and Gijzel write. They decide to investigate.

Sys和Gijzel寫道：“我們的興趣是激發的。”他們決定調查。

In late 2023, Follow the Money received an email from Micha Klaarenbeek, a Dutch environmental expert. “When I visit the Carbify website, I see no information about where the money goes,” Klaarenbeek wrote. “There is little to no transparency about whether new trees are actually being planted.”

2023年下半年，遵循這筆錢收到了荷蘭環保專家Micha Klaarenbeek的電子郵件。 “當我訪問Carbify網站時，我看不到有關錢去哪裡的信息，” Klaarenbeek寫道。 “關於是否實際種植新樹木幾乎沒有透明度。”

On its website, Carbify claims that,

Carbify在其網站上聲稱，

Carbify ensures transparency and trust through the Global Carbon Standard (GCS) and UNFCCC-verified validation, making every carbon offset accurately measured and fully traceable.

Carbify確保通過全球碳標準（GCS）和未經CCCC驗證的驗證確保透明度和信任，從而使每個碳偏移量都準確地測量且完全可追溯。

But as Sys and Gijzel point out, the UNFCCC does not verify or validate tree-planting operations for the voluntary carbon market, like Carbify.

但是，正如Sys和Gijzel指出的那樣，UNFCCC沒有像Carbify這樣的自願碳市場驗證或驗證自願碳市場的植樹作業。

Global Carbon Standard

全球碳標準

The Global Carbon Standard’s website was registered by Carbify. When Follow the Money asks about Global Carbon Standard, Ten Zijthoff says it’s a recently established US-based non-profit. Global Carbon Standard was incorporated in North Dakota on 8 March 2024.

Carbify註冊​​了全球碳標準的網站。當遵循這筆錢詢問全球碳標準時，十個Zijthoff說，這是最近建立的總部位於美國的非營利組織。全球碳標準於2024年3月8日在北達科他州成立。

Ten Zijthoff adds that Carbify does not pay for inspection of its tree planting operations, because the two companies have made a deal to share software in exchange for the inspection.

十個Zijthoff補充說，Carbify不需要用於檢查其植樹操作的費用，因為兩家公司已經達成協議來共享軟件以換取檢查。

Here’s the Global Carbon Standard logo:

這是全球碳標準徽標：

It gives the impression that it is somhow endorsed by the UNFCCC. But the UNFCCC has nothing to do with the voluntary carbon market.

它給人的印像是，它得到了未來CCCC的認可。但是，聯合國公司與自願碳市場無關。

Global Carbon Standard claims to be “certified by Earthood”. But the only mention of Carbify on Earthood’s website is a “Methodology for Assessment of Carbon Capture”. The service that Earthood provided is “DDR”. Whatever that means. It’s the only time that Earthood has provided that

全球碳標準聲稱“通過Earthood認證”。但是，在Earthood網站上唯一提及的Carbify是“評估碳捕獲的方法”。 Earthood提供的服務是“ DDR”。無論那意味著什麼。這是Earthood提供的唯一一次