Forests and Climate Change

23 October 2024 — Members and leaders from the Global Forest Coalition held a press conference today at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) highlighting the need for countries to focus…

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Published in ECO, 22 October 2024 by Souparna Lahiri Indonesia, under their Just Energy Transition Plan (JETP) proposes and has already initiated transforming coal power plants (CPPs) to co-firing with…

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The False Promise of Biodiversity Offsets & the Myth of ‘No Net Loss’   In a pivotal new analysis from the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), launched in the run-up to…

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A Joint Call to Action for Rejecting Market-Based Approaches and Advancing a Gender Just and Rights-Based Approach to Biodiversity Protection at CBD COP 16

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Biodiversity offsets are a dangerous illusion—allowing corporations to profit while ecosystems are destroyed and communities pay the price, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) warned today. Instead of supporting this failed…

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Over 270 civil society organizations and academics from around the world have voiced strong opposition to the use of biodiversity offsets and credits, warning that such mechanisms will fail to…

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Are Global Climate Talks Delivering for the World’s Forests? A political overview of SB 60 from a forests’ perspective   Download the English version of the briefer here   Meetings…

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In this new briefing, launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (SB60) in Bonn, we unravel the confusions, contradictions and inherent issues with the REDD+ program.

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GFC has joined more than 200 organisations signing on to a civil society statement opposing biodiversity offsets and credits, arguing that biodiversity markets are being modeled on carbon markets, which…

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  Roots Newsletter: July 2024 Dear friends, members, allies and comrades, As we stride into the second half of the year, take a moment to reflect on the work of…

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