Forests and Climate Change

An update from Central Asia on the International Day of Forests

21 Mar, 2025

Tugai Forests: Central Asia’s Hidden Oasis and the Fight for Their Survival In the heart of Central Asia, where arid deserts and rugged mountains dominate the landscape, a green thread winds along the riverbanks — the tugai forests. These rare riparian woodlands thrive in the floodplains of rivers like the Syr Darya, Amu Darya, and Ili, creating a biological oasis amid an otherwise harsh climate. The tugai forests are vital ecosystems teeming with life, and they are among the most …

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Beyond Bioenergy

5 Mar, 2025

A joint statement in favor of truly sustianabile EU energy policy The Global Forest Coalition is among the signatories of this joint statement, Beyond Bioenergy, which calls on the EU…

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Press Release: Protect Tropical Rainforests From Energy Transition Policies Based on Land Use

28 Feb, 2025

Photo: Adzwari Rizki/Trend Asia Press Release Road to COP 30: Global South Civil Societies Gather Voices Demanding Tropical Rainforest Protection From Energy Transition Policies Based on Land Use

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Peoples’ Solutions to Save the Planet

22 Feb, 2025

Movements are gearing up for the People’s Summit in Brazil during COP30 By Valentina Figuera Martínez, Kwami Kpondzo and Megan Morrissey  For over half a century now, we’ve heard warnings…

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Press release: Putting Rainforests into Fuel Tanks? Groups Warn IMO Against Biofuel Disaster

17 Feb, 2025

In an urgent press release, Biofuelwatch and the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) called on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its 176 Member States to oppose the promotion of biofuels…

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Repeal Chile’s Usurpation Law, which violates international Indigenous Rights law and sets a dangerous precedent for violating Indigenous land rights

13 Feb, 2025

Sign on Letter to President Boric of Chile demanding the repeal of the Usurpation Law which violates international Indigenous Rights law and sets a dangerous international precedent for violating Indigenous…

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Brot für die Welt Report: Land and Climate – Rights at Risk

3 Feb, 2025

Check out the recent analysis report by Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World), which explores the critical intersection of land rights and climate change, highlighting the challenges faced…

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The path to avoid the point of no return of tropical forests in the Amazon, Congo and Indonesia

11 Dec, 2024

The path to avoid the point of no return of tropical forests in the Amazon, Congo and Indonesia  The Amazon, Congo, and Indonesian tropical forests—three of the world’s largest and…

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From Baku to Belém: An Uphill Struggle for Climate Justice

10 Dec, 2024

GFC’s senior policy advisory on climate and biodiversity, Souparna Lahiri, offers a damning reflection on the failures of process and dangerous decisions taken at the UN Climate Change Conference COP29…

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GFC Demands Stronger Action in the Convention on Biological Diversity

1 Dec, 2024

Global Forest Coalition (GFC) Policy Director Mary Louise Malig spoke to Sveriges Natur on the sidelines of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP 16 in Cali, Colombia. She warned of a…

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Civil Society Vows to Unite Around a Common Climate Justice Agenda for Belem People’s Summit during COP30

21 Nov, 2024

Rejecting the “carbon violence” done to communities through forest offsets and financing that leads to “climate debt,” communities plan to champion real solutions on climate at COP30. Baku, 21 November…

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“Let’s talk about real solutions now!” asserts civil society at COP29 amid the dominance of false climate solutions

19 Nov, 2024

Civil society groups at the UN Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan are calling for a shift away from market-driven, corporate-led mechanisms and a focus on real solutions to address the…

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Latin American leaders and the road towards COP30 in Belem

19 Nov, 2024

Climate activists from Latin America and the Caribbean have set their demands towards the second week of COP29, focusing on the damage that the approval of Article 6.4 can cause…

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“Baku Forest Declaration” Calls for Climate Justice: Indigenous Rights and Forest Protection at the Heart of COP 29

19 Nov, 2024

As global leaders gather at COP 29, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) and members and allies from Central Asia and the Caucasus have issued the “Baku Forest Declaration,” urging a…

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Baku Forest Declaration from Central Asia and Caucasus

18 Nov, 2024

  Calling on the COP 29 Presidency and all Parties to the Paris Agreement Baku Forest Declaration from Central Asia and Caucasus   As the global community gathers for the…

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GFC at COP 29

18 Nov, 2024

At UNFCCC COP29 in Baku, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is urging immediate action to end the financing of false solutions to climate change, such as carbon trading and offsetting,…

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Press release: Indigenous Leaders and Environmental Advocates at COP29 Call for an End to REDD+ Mechanism Amid Rights Violations and Deforestation

15 Nov, 2024

**For Immediate Release**   Indigenous Leaders and Environmental Advocates Call for an End to REDD+ Mechanism Amid Rights Violations and Deforestation New briefer exposes inherent flaws in REDD+ November 15, 2024,…

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