March 20, 2017: The UNFAO’s “Forests and Energy” theme for this year’s International Day of Forests on March 21 misleadingly promotes bioenergy from burning wood from forests as well as from monoculture tree plantations as “sustainable” energy sources. This promotion by FAO comes despite evidence that bioenergy is increasingly contributing to the destruction of forests, and is no better for the climate than fossil fuels, say a large number of international environmental activist groups in a statement and letter to FAO released today.
HOME Alliance Launches New Toolkit Exposing the Risks of Land-Based Geoengineering
We are excited to share with you a new toolkit for civil society produced by our allies at HOME Alliance that unpacks the realities of land-based geoengineering. As the climate crisis intensifies, dangerous distractions and false solutions are gaining ground....