Press releases

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 must immediately end the financing of false climate solutions and their support via subsidies and other incentives, and shift flows towards genuine, gender-just and rights-based solutions capable of tackling the root causes of the climate crisis, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) said today. Negotiators are gathering in Bonn, Germany from …

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Watch now: GFC’s Press Conference Calling for Urgent Divestment from False Solutions

5 Jun, 2023

As negotiators gather in Bonn, Germany for the Climate Change Conference (SB58) from June 5-15, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) and member organizations organised a press conference on how the…

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Groups Demand World Bank Shift Lending away from Industrial Animal Agriculture

12 Apr, 2023

April 12, 2023 WASHINGTON DC – Friends of the Earth and the global Stop Financing Factory Farming Campaign (S3F) announce a week of action targeting the World Bank Group (WBG) and…

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UN Member States: Reject False Climate Solutions, Direct Policy and Funding to Immediate Carbon Emissions Reductions and Real Solutions

20 Mar, 2023

UN Member States: Reject False Climate Solutions, Direct Policy and Funding to Immediate Carbon Emissions Reductions and Real Solutions IPCC report clearly shows there is no room for carbon offsets…

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Press release from Don’t Geoengineer Africa: A Warning Call from African Civil Society Organizations

17 Feb, 2023

Source: handsoffmotherearth.org 15 February, 2023–Civil Society Organizations that advocate for climate and environmental justice are calling on the African Union to not Geoengineer Africa ahead of the African Union Heads…

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Pressure mounts to remove polluters, not just oil exec, from UN climate talks

28 Jan, 2023

UNFCCC constituencies and 425 groups call on UN and UNFCCC leads to halt corporate capture of COP28 and beyond Source: kickbigpollutersout.org 26 January, 2023–There has been widespread condemnation since news broke earlier…

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Press Release: Global Biodiversity Deal Calls for Divestment from Harmful Industries, Recognizes the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Women

19 Dec, 2022

(MONTREAL, DECEMBER 19, 2022)—The Global Forest Coalition, Rainforest Action Network and Sinergia Animal joined the world’s Indigenous Peoples in welcoming the outcomes of the Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15)…

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Media Advisory: Joint Press Conference COP15: Biodiversity’s Paris or Biodiversity’s Copenhagen?

7 Dec, 2022

With the future of biodiversity on the line, UN member states meeting in Montreal this December are negotiating a new Global Biodiversity Framework that will guide conservation for the coming…

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UN Global Biodiversity Framework Must Uphold Human Rights and Focus on Real, Gender-Just, Community-Based Solutions

6 Dec, 2022

COP15 expected to deliver new global commitments to biodiversity protection and conservation  (MONTRÉAL, DECEMBER 6, 2022)—United Nations Member States must shake off corporate lobbying and commit to full divestment from…

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Press Conference: HOME Alliance Says No to ‘Removals’ and Geoengineering in UNFCCC Article 6.4.

17 Nov, 2022

WHO: Global Forest Coalition (GFC), Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), ETC Group, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) WHERE: COP27, Press Conference Room…

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No more false climate solutions: Press conference at COP27 Nov. 10

10 Nov, 2022

10 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt—The Global Forest Coalition is hosting a press conference today at the UN climate conference (COP27) at 13:30 local time in Press Conference Room 2…

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Latest Draft Confirms TNFD’s Reputation as ‘The Next Frontier In Corporate Greenwashing On Nature’

8 Nov, 2022

Press Release by Forests & Finance, 7 November 2022— Almost 18 months after the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) launched, its latest draft gives little reason to believe that…

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New GFC report shines a spotlight on devastating impacts of false climate solutions 

3 Nov, 2022

International Community Must End Greenwashing and Ensure Rights-Based, Gendered Response to Climate Crisis November 3, 2022, UTRECHT—The international community must reject false climate solutions including carbon offsetting and burning of forest…

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Press release: Foxes guard the “net zero” henhouse

2 Nov, 2022

New analysis examines polluting industry ties to global “net zero” initiatives SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT — Some of the most prominent global “net zero” initiatives have deep and troubling ties to…

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NGOs Call on UN Climate Conference to Fix Flawed Carbon Accounting Rules: Don’t let our future go up in smoke!

20 Oct, 2022

  A worldwide network of environmental groups take a stand against large-scale Forest Biomass burning to produce energy, a False Climate Solution. Press Release, 21st October 2022 – Leading up…

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Civil Society Groups Say UN-backed TNFD Proposal Invites Corporate Greenwashing on Nature

5 Aug, 2022

forestsandfinance.org, 3 August 2022 – Today, thirteen civil society organizations are sounding the alarm about the corporate greenwashing on nature that the work of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures…

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Who Makes Decisions at the CBD? The Increasing Power of Business in Biodiversity Protection

24 Jun, 2022

By Philip Seufert, FIAN International (This article is based on discussions during a virtual CSO webinar hosted by FIAN International in May 2022) The next few months will show if…

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