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 GFC has consistently called out as dangerous and rights-abusing false solutions to the climate crisis.
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…
Информационный бюллетень Roots: июль 2024 г. Дорогие друзья, партнеры, союзники и товарищи! Вступая во вторую половину года, постарайтесь найти время, чтобы поразмышлять о результатах работы последних нескольких месяцев…
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.
A new study and film from Bread for the World explores the issue of advocating for land rights in the context of climate change.
The Global Forest Coalition today joined with nearly 200 other organisations under the Real Zero Europe campaign in calling on the EU Parliament to reject the Carbon Removal Certification Framework…
A call for global accountability on forests This year’s International Day of Forests comes at a critical inflection point, as global leaders hover between unprecedented ambition and devastating complacency. While…
The United Nations-backed Green Climate Fund through &Green and the FMO (The Dutch Development Bank) and other climate financiers must halt financing false solutions to climate change and redirect support…
To tackle the climate crisis adequately, it is important that climate finance flows massively to initiatives that have real positive effects in terms of climate change mitigation and that have…
On February 22 and 23, a powerful meeting of social activists, unions, progressive political parties, and peasant, Indigenous and environmental organizations took place at the Foz de Iguaçu Convention Center,…
The Global Forest Coalition (GFC), an NGO with over 120 member organisations, including Indigenous Peoples and local communities worldwide, will be present at the Latin American and Caribbean Conference of…
Join host Chithira Vijayakumar and dedicated advocate for biodiversity and forest protection in Central Asia and beyond Elena Kreuzberg for a compelling journey into Central Asia, an often overlooked region…
Don’t fuel the fire! We need real solutions and real emission reductions: Now, in 2040 and beyond. We – over 140 organisations – call on the EU to be…
GFC's Valentina Figuera Martinez assesses the need for comprehensive reporting on implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) based on biodiversity data that also includes elements to integrate human…
In the comic book The Carbon Conspiracy, a peaceful rural community’s existence is rocked by the arrival of a carbon offset project. What at first appears to be a win-win…
In this special Episode of Roots of Resilience, we come to you from COP28 in Dubai. We hear how the politics of the UNFCCC continues to relegate Indigenous Peoples, Civil…
Global leaders must urgently reevaluate and overhaul their climate finance strategies, which direct billions of dollars into false solutions, and instead redirect financial and policy commitments towards inclusive, community-driven solutions…
