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Forest Cover 49: Meat as Driver of Deforestation

4 Mar, 2016

Welcome to the forty-nineth edition of Forest Cover, the newsletter of the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) In this edition we look at meat as a driver of deforestation, including the way in which livestock production leads to forest destruction, and how peasant farming can help to resolve the climate crisis. We also analyse the agriculture outcomes from UNFCCC’s climate change negotiations in Paris last December. You can download the print version (also available in Russian) or read the articles individually on our website …

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Open Ended Committee of Representatives (OECPR-2) – UNEA-2

3 Mar, 2016

by Isis Alvarez* From February 15-19, the 2nd Meeting of the Open Ended Committee of Representatives met in Nairobi, Kenya, at the UNEP Headquarters. This meeting serves as the preparatory…

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Destructive biofuels and wood-based biomass out of next Renewable Energy Directive say 115 organisations to EU renewables consultation

10 Feb, 2016

Campaigners say: False solutions to climate change do not cut emissions but damage land and livelihoods in other countries 10th February 2016 – 115 civil society organisations and networks from…

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Don’t Trade away our Land and Forests for Carbon Offsets!

15 Jan, 2016

A brief report on the Global Forest Coalition activities in the road up to and during the COP21 in Paris, France By Mary Louise Malig On the Road to Paris…

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At the belly of the beast: GFC presentation at the Dutch Pavilion

7 Jan, 2016

The GFC held a side event presenting the unsustainable nature of large-scale animal farming and of excessive reliance on meat products in the human diet on December 10th. It took…

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A constructive engagement with animal farmers

7 Jan, 2016

On December 9th at the Centquatre, a place where most constructive events around Cop 21 took place, the GFC organized a debate on animal farming and its negative impacts –which…

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COP 21: Victorious Corporations

14 Dec, 2015

By Miguel Lovera* Negotiations to solve climate change started 23 years ago. Ever since then, a trend towards commercializing the problems and the solutions started to be identifiable. More and…

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Outside COP21: real change and alternatives by and for the people

12 Dec, 2015

by Jeanette Sequeira Whilst news headlines are focused on the negotiations and government delegations at the COP21 in Paris, there are other important dialogues taking place with more potential to effect real…

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COP21: We have a Deal…

11 Dec, 2015

By Souparna Lahiri   The negotiations are almost over. Governments, civil society, media, NGOs, INGOs, BINGOs have all come out with their demands, expectations and postures. A few caucus of…

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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…

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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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