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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 plantations that have received support from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) that Germany is supporting and the impacts that they are having on peasant communities.  When researchers from a Paraguayan NGO called Heñoi went to find out what life was like around the industrial tree plantations that have been cropping …

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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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Movements, civil society counter anti-people UN Food Systems Summit

22 Sep, 2021

Today, thousands of rural peoples, people’s organizations, CSOs, and advocates kicked off The Global People’s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems through various online and on-ground activities to challenge the corporate…

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Could a major restoration initiative in Africa nearly double the area occupied by conflict-causing tree plantations?

21 Sep, 2021

By Oliver Munnion, Global Forest Coalition. Originally published on germanclimatefinance.de. The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) wants 100 billion dollars to help finance the restoration of degraded landscapes across the…

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AFR100: Driving commercial tree plantation expansion in Africa?

21 Sep, 2021

Pledges made towards the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) could result in nearly doubling the scale of commercial tree plantations across the continent. Download the briefing (2.1MB) AFR100 is…

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Meat Atlas 2021: Gender, poverty and livestock farming

9 Sep, 2021

This year’s edition of the Meat Atlas is packed full of analysis, statistics and infographics on global meat production and consumption, including a contribution by GFC’s Livestock and Gender Justice…

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Postpone COP26! CLARA members call on UN to speed up climate action, but delay the negotiations

9 Sep, 2021

FOR RELEASE: Wednesday 8 September CLARA Members Call for Postponing COP26 COP26 climate change talks should be delayed, say CLARA organizations. The COP26 climate change conference scheduled for October 31…

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Asian Development Bank: Don’t finance dirty biomass!

31 Aug, 2021

In response to the Asian Development Bank’s consultation on its “Energy Policy – Supporting Low-Carbon Transition in Asia and the Pacific”, 48 organizations involved in the Environmental Paper Network’s Biomass…

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Gender justice at the heart of forest conservation for Indigenous women in Africa

8 Aug, 2021

Capacity-building projects in DRC and Kenya show the importance of women’s rights to protecting communities and ecosystems Despite the challenges that the pandemic has brought, over the past year GFC…

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