Forests and Climate Change

Climate Talks in Bonn must Target the Big Four Drivers of Deforestation – Beef, Soy, Palm Oil, Wood, say Forest Activists

6 May, 2018

6 May: More than 50 forest activists from organizations in the Global North and South gathered in Bonn to tell the UNFCCC to discuss the climate impacts of the big four drivers of deforestation – beef, soy, wood, and palm oil- which are together responsible for the majority of deforestation worldwide with devastating impacts on climate. The activists gathered in Bonn in the backdrop of the United Nations Bonn Climate Change Conference [1] ongoing from 30 April to 10 May. …

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The big four drivers of deforestation: events in Bonn, May 2018

4 May, 2018

International workshop Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 May 2018, Bonn Deforestation is a key cause of climate change and significantly undermines the climate resilience of countries and communities. Just four…

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New briefing paper on the impacts of the EU-Mercosur trade deal

13 Apr, 2018

Mercosur's sovereignty is at stake, as are the ecosystems and communities that will be affected by a further boost to the destructive livestock and feedstock industries in South America

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Forest Cover 55 – The big four drivers of deforestation: beef, soy, wood and palm oil

12 Apr, 2018

Forest Cover 55 looks at trade in just four key commodities—beef, soy, wood, and palm oil—which together are the main drivers of deforestation in the world. Demand for these commodities…

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Day of Real Forests

21 Mar, 2018

By the Global Forest Coalition. This photo essay was originally published on Toward Freedom. 21 March 2018: Today is the international day of forests. The United Nations General Assembly designated…

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The dangerous drifting shift of the GCF towards bioenergy

20 Mar, 2018

By: Coraina de la Plaza* The last Green Climate Fund Board Meeting, BM19, took place in the funds´ headquarters, in Songdo, South Korea from February 26th to 1st March. This…

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Green Climate Fund Supports Deforestation in Paraguay

1 Mar, 2018

1 March, 2018: The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) [1] has approved a 90-million-dollar climate change project in Paraguay called “PROEZA” [2] at its Board meeting which concluded…

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Aviation expansion: the global cost of the carbon jet set

9 Feb, 2018

Film Length: 21:46 A new global network has been launched to combat and coordinate action against the frightening expansion plans of the aviation industry. The plans are driven by the super rich…

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Working paper: The risks of large-scale biosequestration in the context of Carbon Dioxide Removal

28 Jan, 2018

Abstract The explicit reference to “a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases” (Art. 4) in the 2015 Paris Agreement has given a strong…

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Joint letter to Members of the European Parliament on the Post-2020 Renewable Energy Directive (RED)

11 Jan, 2018

The plenary of the European Parliament will vote on the renewed Renewable Energy Directive (RED) during the week of the 15th January. This vote could see even more policy support…

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The bittersweet results of the climate talks in Bonn

28 Nov, 2017

By Coraina de la Plaza* Another climate COP ended in the backdrop of extreme weather events worldwide – ravaging wildfires in Europe, massive hurricanes that devastated the Caribbean islands, record…

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GFC side-event at UNFCCC COP23 on November 2017: Livestock, Biosequestration and Forests

12 Nov, 2017

Livestock and forest policies are interrelated and will determine whether we get on a 1.5 C pathway without compromising environmental integrity and human rights. A roundtable of experts will discuss…

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Calls for help: Bialowieza–the last wild forest in Europe

20 Oct, 2017

By Jan Carl Matysiak* It is a rare outstanding forest with an innumerable number of over 100 year old trees. It is one of the last places where you can…

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Almost 100 Organisations Worldwide Condemn UN Aviation Agency’s Biofuel Plans

11 Oct, 2017

An in-depth report released by Biofuelwatch last week [4] shows that feedstocks (raw materials used to produce biofuel) other than palm oil cannot be converted to aviation fuels on a…

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21 September: GFC commemorates the international day of struggle against monoculture plantations

21 Sep, 2017

To mark this international day of struggle against monoculture tree plantations, we are publishing a striking photo essay about the role of eucalyptus plantations in Portugal’s awful forest fires, as…

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Overwhelming Opposition to USDA Proposal to Legalize Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees

10 Aug, 2017

Quarter of a Million People Say NO to First-Ever GE Forest Tree *Photo by Orin Langelle of the wildfires in Chile By: Anne Petermann As a result of a national…

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Letter of Concern from GFC and FOEI to Green Climate Fund on Monoculture Tree Plantations

30 Jun, 2017

A Letter of Concern was just submitted by the Global Forest Coalition, a coalition of 86 NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organisations from 56 different countries and Friends of the Earth…

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