Forests and Climate Change

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 this month that Sultan Al Jaber, an oil executive of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), would be overseeing this year’s UN climate talks happening in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this November. But today, four United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) constituencies and 425 organizations representing millions …

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Letter from ‘Kick Big Polluters Out’ on COP28 Presidency

28 Jan, 2023

To:  António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General  Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Parties to the UNFCCC— On January 11, news broke that Sultan…

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Historical Deal for Biodiversity

10 Jan, 2023

By Simone Lovera, published 29 December 2022 by Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung In German – Auf Deutsch lesen / In Russian – Читать на русском It was an awkward incident: right at the…

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The TNFD: What it is, who’s behind it and why it’s a major greenwashing risk

13 Dec, 2022

This week at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) will meet with regulators and host events to try to sell this corporate…

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Is the BRI in line with an “ecological civilization?” Whose future counts?

7 Dec, 2022

By Allie Constantine (Global Forest Coalition) in ECO, Vol. 65 7 December 2022 China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), hailed as being a new strategy to connect the world with…

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Briefing: Is the BRI Congruous with COP15’s Promise of an “Ecological Civilisation”?

7 Dec, 2022

As the parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) meet in Montreal, we’re looking at the need for real solutions to biodiversity loss and the big processes and factors…

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Lost and Damaged: From Climate COP to Biodiversity COP

3 Dec, 2022

By Souparna Lahiri This year’s UN Climate Conference, hyped as the “Implementation COP” where world leaders were to finally turn words into action, failed to take off in Sharm El…

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CBD COP15: Biodiversity’s ‘Paris’ or ‘Copenhagen’?

28 Nov, 2022

Commentary By Simone Lovera on www.boell.de  // Русский ниже Just weeks after the failed United Nations Climate Summit in Egypt, UN member states will gather again from 7 to 19 December, this time…

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COP27 Peoples’ Declaration for Climate Justice

18 Nov, 2022

17 November 2022, Sharm El Sheikh–Hundreds of climate activists, Indigenous representatives, human rights activists, environmental defenders, workers and feminist groups gathered today for the People’s Plenary at COP27. They signed…

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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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The Global Forest Coalition at COP27

15 Nov, 2022

The Global Forest Coalition is present in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27 (November 6-18, 2022). We have 11 spokespersons on the ground and will speak at 8 events, where…

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Briefing on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement from Demand Climate Justice

15 Nov, 2022

As week two of COP27 kicks off, this year’s climate negotiations in Sharm El Sheikh are reaching a crucial phase. We bring you a briefing on Article 6 of the…

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Trees for Global Benefit Uganda: A Case Study on the Failures of Carbon Offsetting

14 Nov, 2022

Carbon offsetting has been a favorite climate change “solution” of countries and corporations that want to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions. But how does it work in practice? Here, we…

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STATEMENT: Africa is crying, our forest, our life!

12 Nov, 2022

Africa is crying, our forest, our life! Get up, stand up for a collective struggle against the expansion of extractivism By Kwami Kpondzo The time has come to free Africa…

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Women contribute to the UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance discussion on nature-based solutions

11 Nov, 2022

Originally published by Women4Biodiversity Guest article by Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition   Women’s groups and many other actors have frequently highlighted the need for more coherence between climate and…

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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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Op-ed in Ms. Magazine: Beware of Climate Colonialism at COP27

8 Nov, 2022

Published by Ms. Magazine on 11/4/2022 by Souparna Lahiri, Maureen Santos and Kwami Kpondzo As U.N. climate negotiators meet for their 27th annual conference in Egypt, sponsored by Coca-Cola, they are poised to…

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