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The Phantom of the COP21 Opera: bioenergy with carbon capture and storage

8 Dec, 2015

by Oliver Munnion* Yesterday I went to a briefing at the COP21 summit on how realistic achieving a 1.5 degree target as part of the Paris climate deal is, as opposed to the 2 degree target that was first proposed. At the end of the briefing, I spoke to the climate scientist who had been outlining the case that 1.5 degrees is achievable, and handed him a copy of our new report, which questions all of the underlying assumptions of …

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The dirty deal that is on the table – an update from Paris

8 Dec, 2015

Simon Fischer* Last week, the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) started with a big ballyhoo by the world leaders from all over the planet calling for action against climate…

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Biomyths: Bioenergy carbon neutrality myth is a time bomb under climate deal

8 Dec, 2015

7th December: The Global Forest Coalition [1] has launched a new report at the Paris climate talks today titled “Biomyths, the Costly Carbon Scam of Bioenergy”. [2] The report exposes how large-scale bioenergy…

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Art 3ter. New Carbon Markets under the name of Sustainable Development

7 Dec, 2015

By Pablo Solón  A draft climate agreement and decision with 48 pages and 939 brackets has been presented to the ministers in Paris on Saturday 5th of December. Many things…

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Zero deforestation by 2020 as one of key solutions to climate crisis

1 Dec, 2015

December 11, 15-16:50 Co-organizers: Global Forest Coalition and Fundación Solón Venue: Centquatre Paris Salle 200, ZAC We don’t want a world without forests, nor one where plantations have replaced forests.…

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Struggle against industrial livestock and feedstock production; Support for small farmer agroecology

1 Dec, 2015

December 9, 14:50-16:20 Co-organizers: Global Forest Coalition, La Via Campesina, Brighter Green, Friends of Siberian Forests and Confederation Paysanne Venue: Centquatre Paris Salle 200 The industrial livestock and feedstock industry…

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What India’s INDC does not tell you about its forests

1 Dec, 2015

Souparna Lahiri* India’s INDC submitted to the UNFCC this October makes a commitment to the international committee including its statement ‘to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3…

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Influence of GM feedstock products for industrial livestock farming and related pesticides on human health and the environment

24 Nov, 2015

By Svetlana Abramovich* Genetically modified food (GM food) has been a hot topic since its first discovery. Various experiments of genetic engineering with organisms may seem progressive and even well…

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Influence of Russian consumption of unsustainably produced livestock products on climate change

19 Nov, 2015

Svetlana Abramovich* Nowadays all over the world, demand for animal products is rising very fast. By 2050, consumption of meat and dairy products is expected to have risen 76 per…

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New Briefing Paper Highlights Dangers Of A Fraudulent Accounting Framework On Land Use To Potential Climate Agreement

16 Nov, 2015

15 Nov 2015: The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) [1] launched a new briefing paper [2] today, providing a critical overview of the problem of current carbon accounting rules in the…

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Fostering Community Conservation Conference Report

15 Nov, 2015

The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) aims to provide community-determined, bottom-up policy advice on effective and appropriate forms of support for community-driven conservation and restoration initiatives, including indigenous peoples’ and…

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Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) Presentations

14 Nov, 2015

Here are the CCRI presentations from our Fostering Community Conservation Conference: Uganda South Africa Solomons Samoa Russia Paraguay Panama Iran Ethiopia Chile

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The Smooth Operators of Biodiversity Conservation

10 Nov, 2015

By Simone Lovera* For those who are currently following the highly polarized and unproductive climate negotiations it might seem unbelievable, but there are still UN processes that succeed to agree…

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Indigenous and Local Communities launch crucial report to help governments appropriately recognize and support community conservation

2 Nov, 2015

Community conservation: Indigenous peoples and local communities have shown that we understand much better the ways of sustainable living and conservation of nature than any technocrats and government authorities

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Forest Cover 48: Community Conservation Special Edition

1 Nov, 2015

In this issue, we are focusing more on community conservation, and you can find exciting pieces about the real forest heroes: community members and indigenous peoples from over 40 countries around…

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From rhetoric to action! Bern conference demands action on indigenous and community land rights

21 Oct, 2015

By Andrey Laletin An international conference, ‘From Rhetoric to Action: Scaling up Community and Indigenous Peoples’ Land and Resource Rights’, was organised in Bern, Switzerland, 30 September-1 October 2015. It…

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Activists Denounce Agribusiness Take-Over of UN Food Body

16 Oct, 2015

16 October: On the occasion of World Food Day [1] a coalition of environmental and indigenous groups [2] denounces undue corporate influence over the UN Committee on World Food Security…

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