Forests and Climate Change

Orignially published in ECOonline September 2020. By Souparna Lahiri, Global Forest Coalition The United Nations Biodiversity Summit is taking place at a time when the Covid 19 Pandemic has resulted…

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by the GFC climate team Today is the start of the three-day Net Zero Festival, an online event featuring a whole range of dirty companies such as Shell, the seventh…

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CBD Alliance Press Release: Organizations from around the world, the majority from the global South, have published a “Peoples’ response to the High-Level Summit on Biodiversity”, which raises critical points…

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September 21st marks International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, a day to celebrate resistance against the establishment and expansion of harmful commercial monocultures. To commemorate the occasion and…

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Today, a global coalition released a “liability roadmap”: a first-of-its-kind tool outlining how local to global decision makers, including government officials, can hold polluting industries liable for the climate damage…

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New briefing explains the basics of REDD+ and why it’s so contentious It’s 15 years since the United Nations climate convention unveiled REDD (and then REDD+) as its much-hyped solution…

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As fires rage once again in parts of Latin America, send a strong message to international development banks: stop fueling the climate crisis and new pandemics by investing in industrial…

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Over 20 organisations including the Global Forest Coalition have sent an open letter (copied below) to the President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) calling on them to align their…

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Over 30 organisations including the Global Forest Coalition have signed an open letter (also copied below) to the Chief Executive Officer of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the President…

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Amsterdam, 23rd June 2020 – In a strong critique of the EU’s stakeholder consultation about potential major revisions to its climate policy, Global Forest Coalition, representing more than 100 NGOs…

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