Forests and Climate Change

IPCC’s missing pathways to real climate solutions: Towards a gender transformative and rights-based policy approach to climate modeling

6 Jun, 2022

By Coraina de la Plaza and Souparna Lahiri 6 June 2022 [This piece was published in a slightly different form in Down to Earth magazine] Climate negotiators are meeting in Bonn today to pick things up again after the last Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP26) in Glasgow. Since then, and as the world continues to experience the increasingly devastating effects of climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) …

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Global Forest Coalition featured on Women Rising Radio

3 May, 2022

Recently, the work of Global Forest Coalition was featured on an episode of Women Rising Radio called “Deforestation Emergency.” Interviews were done with Bernarda Pessoa of CONAMURI in Paraguay and…

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Aviation Biofuels: Mega-Refinery Threatens Local Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Paraguay, New Case Study shows

29 Mar, 2022

Omega Green agrofuel (biofuel) refinery in Paraguay is one of largest agrofuel refineries in the world and the first one in South America Low demand for aviation agrofuels in Paraguay…

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HerstoryofChange on International Day of Forests – The Story of Jeanette Sequeira

21 Mar, 2022

Today it is March 21st, International Day of Forests. It’s an important day for Jeanette Sequeira, coordinator of the Gender Justice and Forests campaign at Global Forest Coalition & Activist…

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Ngodwana Biomass Energy Project: Can wood sourced from industrial timber plantations ever be sustainable?

21 Mar, 2022

Increasingly around the world pulp and paper mills are installing over-sized, dedicated biomass boilers alongside more traditional cogeneration units to take advantage of strong support and incentives for producing electricity…

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“Net Gain” is a lose-lose for rights, gender justice and social equity in biodiversity policy

1 Mar, 2022

The concepts of “Net Gain” and “No Net Loss” have become popular in biodiversity conservation circles and are embraced in the first draft of a new global biodiversity framework released…

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Proposed conversion of former coal plant to biomass is a high risk for investors, new study shows

27 Jan, 2022

The Pego power station in Portugal represents a high risk for investors and financiers, according to a “Dodgy Deal” briefing published today by five environmental groups (1), who urged funders to…

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In tree plantations in Paraguay, public money is driving private profit: What is Germany’s role?

9 Dec, 2021

Forestry and land-use are a hot topic in the current climate debate, and play an important role in German climate finance. This article, originally published on germanclimatefinance.de, looks at tree…

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International Civil Aviation Day: Carbon offsets for aviation are a false climate solution

6 Dec, 2021

Today is International Civil Aviation Day and we’re launching a second case study on the false solutions that the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) is basing its climate strategy on.…

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Tell FSC: Keep GE trees out of our forests!

26 Nov, 2021

Please join us in taking action to prevent the FSC from changing its rules on research into genetically-modified trees. We are supporting GJEP’s efforts to encourage public consultation responses (full…

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Gender justice and climate action: A feminist analysis of forest and climate policy-making

2 Nov, 2021

As the global climate negotiations convene for the 26th time, this time in Glasgow, Scotland, we are reminded once more of the extent to which climate change is the largest,…

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Nature-based Solutions to climate change harmful to women, new report finds

2 Nov, 2021

PRESS RELEASE: for immediate use Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change Harmful for Women, New Report Finds 2 November, 2021 — Nature-based Solutions to climate change like forest carbon offsets cause…

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No landgrabbing for industrial biomass! Statement from Africa on #BigBadBiomass

21 Oct, 2021

The Biomass Working Group’s Africa sub-group has commemorated International Day Against Big Biomass by releasing the following statement to allies and the media. For a full list of events taking…

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Arauco’s Valdivia biomass power station: carbon emissions and conflicts with Indigenous communities in Chile

20 Oct, 2021

This case study, produced by Colectivo VientoSur, the Global Forest Coalition and the Environmental Paper Network, assesses the impacts of the Valdivia biomass power plant in the Los Rios region…

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Join the International Day of Action on Big Biomass! 21 October 2021

12 Oct, 2021

[Português abaixo] Involving organisations from countries around the world, the International Day of Action on Big Biomass will shine a spotlight on the impacts of large-scale biomass in many of…

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The Net Zero Files: How greenwash is being used to reduce climate ambition

6 Oct, 2021

CLARA LAUNCHES THE NET ZERO FILES Earth is finite, nature is finite, and the carbon-holding capacity of nature is finite. The Net Zero Files, 18 concise briefings which call out…

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These are not forests: The Arbaro Fund and monoculture tree plantations in Paraguay

29 Sep, 2021

With the financial support of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Arbaro Fund is looking to invest in 75,000 ha of monoculture tree plantations across seven target countries as a…

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