Forests and Climate Change

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 Luxor about the false solutions to climate change linked to the negotiations, featuring panelists from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This is an important opportunity to hear from frontline communities and their views on real solutions to the climate crisis that are rights-based and gender-transformative. The press conference is called …

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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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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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The End of False Solutions: Moving Towards Rights-Based and Gender Transformative Solutions to Climate Change

3 Nov, 2022

False solutions to climate change are being increasingly called out and rejected by communities around the world. Real solutions that are rights-based and gender-transformative do exist, and they are the…

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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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Potentials and Risks of the African Forest Landscape Restoration (AFR100) Initiative

26 Oct, 2022

by Philip Owen, published 25 October 2022 in germanclimatefinance.de | Commercial tree plantations are a major cause of land degradation and have no place in efforts to restore degraded ecosystems.…

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The industrialisation of forest-based bioenergy in Nepal and its impacts on women and other forest-dependent peoples

21 Oct, 2022

  Download this report as a PDF     The Industrialisation of Forest-Based Bioenergy Production in Nepal and Its Impacts on Women and Other Forest-Dependent Peoples By Bhola Bhattarai Introduction…

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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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A gendered perspective on the proposed EU Regulation on deforestation-free products

17 Oct, 2022

The Global Forest Coalition is pleased to bring you a new report, to continue the important messaging around the International Day of Rural Women: A Gendered Perspective on the Proposed…

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Statement: Monoculture Tree Plantations Are Not Forests!

21 Sep, 2022

By the African Biomass Working Group, a member of Environmental Paper Network’s Forests, Climate and Biomass Working Group and Global Forest Coalition member organisations in Africa September 21 is the…

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Organising for an International Day of Action on Big Biomass on 21 October 2022

13 Sep, 2022

On the 21st of October 2022 the forests, climate and biomass working group invites all of its members and supporters to join us for an International Day of Action on…

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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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Stolen land and fading forests in Chile: New report on conflict plantations

11 Jul, 2022

A new report from the Environmental Paper Network, GFC and Colectivo VientoSur reveals another case of “Conflict Plantations,” this time in Chile. Read in English / leer en español Chile’s…

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The Big Con of “All Sources” of Finance

6 Jul, 2022

By Simone Lovera The parties to the Convention on Biodiversity gathered in Nairobi, Kenya from 21 to 26 June for another meeting to negotiate a second Strategic Plan for the…

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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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CLARA Responds to UNFCCC Bonn Climate Talks

22 Jun, 2022

After the most recent international climate negotiations in Bonn, the Climate Land Ambition & Rights Alliance (CLARA) has issued a press release providing updates and analyses on Paris Agreement Article…

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