Petitions and statements

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 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29), we underscore the urgent need for effective climate action that prioritizes Indigenous peoples’ rights and forest protection. Despite the clear reliance on forests to mitigate climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has failed to halt deforestation or even …

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Real Solutions, Not False Promises: A Joint Call to Action

21 Oct, 2024

A Joint Call to Action for Rejecting Market-Based Approaches and Advancing a Gender Just and Rights-Based Approach to Biodiversity Protection at CBD COP 16

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GFC Joins CSOs in Calling Out Biodiversity Markets as False Solutions

24 Jul, 2024

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…

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We condemn violations of the right to protest and attacks on human rights and water defenders protesting against Carroll Farms in the Libres-Oriental Basin

1 Jul, 2024

We condemn violations of the right to protest and attacks on human rights and water defenders protesting against Carroll Farms in the Libres-Oriental Basin   Mexico City, June 24, 2024…

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Joint Statement: Don’t Fuel the Fire

1 Feb, 2024

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…

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GFC’s Statement on Palestine

21 Nov, 2023

GFC’s Statement on Palestine   The Global Forest Coalition vehemently condemns the ongoing war crimes and genocide against the Palestinian people by the government of Israel and its allies, and…

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ADB: Coal exit must not entail support of the false solution of wood bioenergy

19 Oct, 2023

An open Letter to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) highlighting deep concerns regarding the bank's policy on phasing out of fossil fuels, coal in particular, which dangerously promotes false solutions…

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Press Statement: Global North Must Immediately Divest From False Climate Solutions

6 Jun, 2023

Global North Must Immediately Divest From False Climate Solutions Corporate co-opting of global climate policy is leading us to a climate catastrophe BONN, June 6, 2023 – UN member states…

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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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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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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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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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Pulp and paper giant denounced as the first delivery of eucalyptus arrives in Portugal from Mozambique

14 Jul, 2021

[Português abaixo] The first delivery of eucalyptus trees to Aveiro in Portugal from the port of Beira in Mozambique has been received with strong criticism by Mozambican and Portuguese groups…

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Open Letter opposing the Energy Charter Treaty and the proposed inclusion of biomass energy in it

7 Jul, 2021

Energy Charter Treaty: Including bioenergy within its remit would make this harmful treaty even worse The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) allows investors in the energy sector based in one member…

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Over 60 groups publish open letter in opposition to a coal-to-biomass conversion in Portugal

21 Jun, 2021

Nine Portuguese environmental NGOs (including two GFC member groups) and with the support of another 58 organizations internationally have published an open letter (see below) to the Portuguese Government and…

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Global Forest Coalition expresses solidarity with the Colombian people

5 May, 2021

A bill that would raise taxes and force working people to bear the costs of the Colombian crises is the spark that has lit a fuse in the country, which…

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