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Guardians of Earth’s Tomorrow: Agromandala

Posted 17th January 2024 in Unsustainable Livestock Production

Agromandala is part one of Guardians of Earth’s Tomorrow, a new series of photo essays from the Global Forest Coalition. Through our series of photo essays in collaboration with organizations that are actively creating utopias today, we aim to remind us that not all is lost. We invite you to explore and share these initiatives, joining us on a journey towards much-needed hope during these times of crisis.


Delay, Distract and Deceive: BECCS Developments in South America, Africa and Asia

Posted 4th December 2023 in Forests and Climate Change

Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) technologies are among the most problematic in carbon removal geoengineering. This two-part series analyses the status of BECCS in South America, Africa, and Asia and shows that BECCS is far from being the silver bullet to climate change that some actors portray it to be.


From Leticia to Belém: Still a long road to travel

Posted 29th August 2023 in Forests and Climate Change

Photo credit: Nathalia Segato By: Diego Cardona – Censat Agua Viva and Global Forest Coalition The fourth Amazon Summit has just taken place in Belém do Pará, Brazil, which brought together the presidents of member states of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) and included a series of dialogues between a broad range of actors, including indigenous peoples, social movements, academics, NGOs, companies, corporations and financial entities. Several results or proposals of this summit should be highlighted, as they may …


Roots of Resilience Episode 2: Struggle and Hope

Posted 16th August 2023 in Forests and Climate Change, Podcasts

In this episode of Roots of Resilience, we hear that not only is change possible, but it is already happening. We speak with activists in Brazil and Uganda on the resistance to false solutions such as carbon capture projects and the negative impacts they impose on communities, particularly women in all their diversities. As well as first-hand information on the destructive nature of these projects, we also hear inspiring stories from the ground on paths to resistance and an equitable, just, and sustainable future for all.


Indigenous Peoples of the World: Guardians of Earth and Biodiversity

Posted 9th August 2023 in Gender Justice and Forests

“My struggle is to honour grandma’s struggle: every day, tirelessly, and forever. To fight against the capturing spirits of our spirits, of that which hardens us and makes us incapable of transformation every day.” Trudruá Dorrico, Makuxí Indigenous writer.   By Valentina Figuera Martínez, Gender Justice and Forests Campaign Coordinator On 9 August, the world comes together to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This day serves as a poignant reminder of the ongoing struggles faced by Indigenous …


Campaign Briefing: Divest Public Climate Finance from False Solutions

Posted 5th June 2023 in Resources and publications, Forests and Climate Change

Divest Public Climate Finance from False Solutions: A Roadmap Towards Gender-Just & Real Climate Justice Download the briefer here: A Brief on the Urgent Need to Divest Public Climate Finance from False Solutions     This briefing paper outlines the need for an international campaign to halt the financing of false solutions to climate change by bilateral, multilateral and international development funds, including United Nations agencies. Climate finance must support real solutions to the climate crisis that recognise historical responsibility, …


Call for the EU to reject carbon offsets following scandal of largest voluntary carbon offset certifier

Posted 23rd March 2023 in News, Forests and Climate Change, 2Media

80 NGOs ask the EU to reject carbon offsets following scandal of the largest voluntary carbon offset certifier Joint letter, 22 March 2023 In November 2022, the European Commission presented a proposal for a European Union (EU) Regulation on certification of activities that remove carbon from the atmosphere (‘carbon removals’), which included voluntary minimum standards for companies that certify voluntary carbon offsets. Less than two months later, an investigation by the German weekly Die Zeit and the UK’s Guardian newspaper, …


UN Member States: Reject False Climate Solutions, Direct Policy and Funding to Immediate Carbon Emissions Reductions and Real Solutions

Posted 20th March 2023 in Press releases, Forests and Climate Change, 2Media, UNFCCC

UN Member States: Reject False Climate Solutions, Direct Policy and Funding to Immediate Carbon Emissions Reductions and Real Solutions IPCC report clearly shows there is no room for carbon offsets in climate change policy (UTRECHT, March 20, 2022) – United Nations member states must urgently shift away from false solutions, including carbon offsets and large-scale carbon dioxide removals, and redirect policy and funding to immediate emission reductions to keep global temperature increases below 1.5 °C in line with the findings …


Press Conference: HOME Alliance Says No to ‘Removals’ and Geoengineering in UNFCCC Article 6.4.

Posted 17th November 2022 in Forests and Climate Change, UNFCCC, Press releases

WHO: Global Forest Coalition (GFC), Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), ETC Group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) WHERE: COP27, Press Conference Room 2 Luxor WHEN: Thursday, 17th November at 16:30-17:00 GMT+2 (local Egypt time) CONTACT: Laura Dunn, ETC Group (in Canada): +1 514 607 9979 / Björn Ecklundt, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (in Egypt): +49 160 91392672 / Cate Bonacini (in US): +1-510-520-9109 (WhatsApp/Signal) Sharm El Sheikh – The Hands Off Mother Earth Alliance (HOME) is coming together …


Briefing on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement from Demand Climate Justice

Posted 15th November 2022 in Forests and Climate Change, UNFCCC, News

As week two of COP27 kicks off, this year’s climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh are reaching a crucial phase. We bring you a briefing on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement which was written by Souparna Lahiri and Rachel Rose Jackson and published by Demand Climate Justice (DCJ). The briefing calls for an immediate operationalization of Article 6.8 to forge non-market approaches that make it possible to find real solutions to the climate crisis and achieve “real zero” (not …


Trees for Global Benefit Uganda: A Case Study on the Failures of Carbon Offsetting

Posted 14th November 2022 in Resources and publications, Forests and Climate Change

Carbon offsetting has been a favorite climate change “solution” of countries and corporations that want to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions. But how does it work in practice? Here, we present an example from Africa, where tree-planting programs often have deep impacts on local communities, Indigenous groups, and women. This case study is a detailed analysis of a program in Uganda called Trees for Global Benefit, and it concludes that carbon offsetting doesn’t work–it is a false solution.   Download …


No more false climate solutions: Press conference at COP27 Nov. 10

Posted 10th November 2022 in Press releases, Forests and Climate Change, 2Media

10 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt—The Global Forest Coalition is hosting a press conference today at the UN climate conference (COP27) at 13:30 local time in Press Conference Room 2 Luxor about the false solutions to climate change linked to the negotiations, featuring panelists from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This is an important opportunity to hear from frontline communities and their views on real solutions to the climate crisis that are rights-based and gender-transformative. The press conference is called …


Op-ed in Ms. Magazine: Beware of Climate Colonialism at COP27

Posted 8th November 2022 in Forests and Climate Change, 2Media, GFC in the news, UNFCCC

Published by Ms. Magazine on 11/4/2022 by Souparna Lahiri, Maureen Santos and Kwami Kpondzo As U.N. climate negotiators meet for their 27th annual conference in Egypt, sponsored by Coca-Cola, they are poised to continue leading the world down the path of false “solutions” that put the burden of climate change on marginalized communities in the countries of the global majority (the south). To have any hope of saving the planet, we must arm ourselves with the knowledge to recognize greenwashing, debunk false science …


Latest Draft Confirms TNFD’s Reputation as ‘The Next Frontier In Corporate Greenwashing On Nature’

Posted 8th November 2022 in Press releases, Forests and Climate Change, News

Press Release by Forests & Finance, 7 November 2022— Almost 18 months after the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) launched, its latest draft gives little reason to believe that the global corporations behind it can be trusted to develop a credible reporting system that would meaningfully shift business behavior on biodiversity. On Friday, the TNFD issued its third draft on its proposed framework for how businesses should report on nature-related risks. The TNFD is a taskforce made up of …


The End of False Solutions: Moving Towards Rights-Based and Gender Transformative Solutions to Climate Change

Posted 3rd November 2022 in Forest Cover, Resources and publications, Forests and Climate Change

False solutions to climate change are being increasingly called out and rejected by communities around the world. Real solutions that are rights-based and gender-transformative do exist, and they are the only way to prevent catastrophic global temperature rise. Policy-makers on forests and climate change must take these real solutions into account. Find out more in the latest issue of Forest Cover. Forest Cover 68 provides context on the difficult journey to achieving climate justice and the context in which GFC …


New GFC report shines a spotlight on devastating impacts of false climate solutions 

Posted 3rd November 2022 in Press releases, Forests and Climate Change, News

International Community Must End Greenwashing and Ensure Rights-Based, Gendered Response to Climate Crisis November 3, 2022, UTRECHT—The international community must reject false climate solutions including carbon offsetting and burning of forest biomass, and ensure a rights-based, gendered response to the climate crisis if we are to have any chance of reigning in rising global temperatures, the Global Forest Coalition said as government officials and civil society leaders prepare to gather in Sharm el-Sheikh for the United Nations’ COP27 climate conference next …


Press release: Foxes guard the “net zero” henhouse

Posted 2nd November 2022 in News, Press releases, Forests and Climate Change

New analysis examines polluting industry ties to global “net zero” initiatives SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT — Some of the most prominent global “net zero” initiatives have deep and troubling ties to the world’s largest polluters, according to a new analysis by Corporate Accountability, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI), and the Global Forest Coalition (GFC). Despite claiming to have “independent governance,” “provide objective and unbiased guidance,” or “to strengthen contributions to the Paris Agreement,” these initiatives’ industry ties cast increasing doubt on their …