Central banks can lead in disclosure of climate risks
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Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Sweden for first international conference
This week, Gothenburg in Sweden played host to the first international conference on “negative emissions”. The three-day event brought together around 250 researchers at Chalmers University of Technology to discuss…
Thousands fear for their livelihoods as Hidroituango dam crisis intensifies
The Hidroituango dam crisis has been declared an emergency. Problems intensified last weekend after multiple blocked tunnels caused upstream flooding leading to the evacuation of communities and municipalities that lay…
Urgent help needed for those affected by the dam tragedy in Colombia
The hidroituango, hydroelectric project in the department of Antioquia is the largest infrastructure currently running in the country. Since April 28, technical failures have occurred for the plugging of the…
Fiu Mata’ese Elisara Steps Down as Board Member of the Global Forest Coalition
10 May, Bonn: Fiu Mata’ese Elisara from Samoa, former Chairperson of the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), has stepped down from his duties as board member today. Fiu served on the…
Climate Talks in Bonn must Target the Big Four Drivers of Deforestation – Beef, Soy, Palm Oil, Wood, say Forest Activists
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…
Climate Action Studio SB48: Coraina De La Plaza, Indigenous Rights Advisor, Global Forest Coalition
Observers and civil society can be an asset to Parties in their work on the Paris Agreement work programme. Civil society has diverse expertise on different matters that could be…
The whole of MERCOSUR in exchange for a plate of beef
By: Mary Louise Malig, Global Forest Coalition After 20 years of negotiations, the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is entering a crucial moment where it can come to a tragic…
Viewpoint: ‘Circumventing evolution’ with genetically modified trees puts ecosystems at risk
That many forests in the United States are suffering health crises is not in question. Much of this troubling condition, however, has come as a result of human activities. The…
“The Green Climate Fund has potential”
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The forests are in crisis but biotechnology is not the solution
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Day of Real Forests: A Photo Essay
Today is the International Day of Forests. The United Nations General Assembly designated this day as such with the hope that humankind would raise awareness about and celebrate forests. This…
Peasants and Afro-Descendants Preserve Mother Earth in Colombia
On Earth Day teleSUR takes a look at the community conservation practices of peasant and Afro-descendant communities of Colombia in this photo essay by CENSAT Agua Viva, Fundaexpresion, and Global…
Day of Real Forests
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…
The dangerous drifting shift of the GCF towards bioenergy
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…
Indigenous and Rural Women Conserve Mother Earth and Empower Their Communities
On this International Women’s Day, we bring you a photo essay about Indigenous and rural women and their innate connection to nature. Women’s rights and gender equality are crucial for…
Community conservation is vital to biodiversity, security for Indigenous Peoples of Kenya
The Maasai and Rendille Indigenous communities in Kenya are facing an existential threat to their lands; development impacts to their wildlife-rich territories are killing off species at an alarming rate.…
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