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Joint Statement: Don’t Fuel the Fire

1 Feb, 2024

Don’t fuel the fire! We need real solutions and real emission reductions: Now, in 2040 and beyond.   We – over 140 organisations – call on the EU to be a true climate leader by supporting real climate action and denouncing dangerous distractions and false solutions like carbon capture and removal technologies.  At COP28, the European Union (EU) supported calls for the world to phase out fossil fuels. But now it has been revealed that the EU’s own planned climate …

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Guardians of Earth’s Tomorrow: The Seed Fairs of Heñói

31 Jan, 2024

Guardians of Earth’s Tomorrow A photo essay series – Part III   The Seed Fairs of Heñói is part three of Guardians of Earth’s Tomorrow, a new series of photo…

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Guardians of Earth’s Tomorrow: The TreeBox Project

25 Jan, 2024

Click here to read this page in Russian.   Guardians of Earth’s Tomorrow A photo essay series – Part II   The TreeBox Project is part two of Guardians of…

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Guardians of Earth’s Tomorrow: Agromandala

17 Jan, 2024

Agromandala is part one of Guardians of Earth’s Tomorrow, a new series of photo essays from the Global Forest Coalition. Through our series of photo essays in collaboration with organizations that…

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Closing Gender Gaps in Biodiversity Conservation Demands Robust Indicators

18 Dec, 2023

GFC's Valentina Figuera Martinez assesses the need for comprehensive reporting on implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) based on biodiversity data that also includes elements to integrate human…

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The Carbon Conspiracy: False Promises, Real Threats

12 Dec, 2023

In the comic book The Carbon Conspiracy, a peaceful rural community’s existence is rocked by the arrival of a carbon offset project. What at first appears to be a win-win…

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Global Forest Coalition brings together Latin American members to plan future actions in the face of the climate crisis

11 Dec, 2023

Latin American and Caribbean members of the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) met on 17 November in a virtual regional assembly to establish thematic priorities and define collective advocacy actions in…

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Roots of Resilience Episode 5 Reflections from COP28

8 Dec, 2023

In this special Episode of Roots of Resilience, we come to you from COP28 in Dubai. We hear how the politics of the UNFCCC continues to relegate Indigenous Peoples, Civil…

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Global Leaders Urged to Urgently Reject Corporate-Backed Deceptions and Redirect Funding to Real Climate Solutions

5 Dec, 2023

Global leaders must urgently reevaluate and overhaul their climate finance strategies, which direct billions of dollars into false solutions, and instead redirect financial and policy commitments towards inclusive, community-driven solutions…

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Delay, Distract and Deceive: BECCS Developments in South America, Africa and Asia

4 Dec, 2023

Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) technologies are among the most problematic in carbon removal geoengineering. This two-part series analyses the status of BECCS in South America, Africa, and Asia…

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GFC’s Statement on Palestine

21 Nov, 2023

GFC’s Statement on Palestine   The Global Forest Coalition vehemently condemns the ongoing war crimes and genocide against the Palestinian people by the government of Israel and its allies, and…

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The Dark Side of Technology: Coltan Mining in the DRC and its Human Rights and Environmental Impacts

17 Nov, 2023

The human rights abuses and environmental degradation associated with coltan mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demand immediate attention and action. International cooperation, transparent mining practices, and adherence…

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GFC joins calls for IDB to reject loan request for cattle ranch expansion in Paraguay

27 Oct, 2023

  The Global Forest Coalition has joined Centro de Estudios Heñói and Iniciativa Amotocodie, calling on IDB Invest of the Inter-American Development Bank to reject in its 1 November board…

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Roots of Resilience Episode 4: Africa Rising

27 Oct, 2023

Through conversations with two exceptional African leaders, Lucy Mulenkei of IIN Kenya and Anabela Lemos of JA! Mozambique we unveil the harrowing effects of climate change & expose the repercussions…

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ADB: Coal exit must not entail support of the false solution of wood bioenergy

19 Oct, 2023

An open Letter to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) highlighting deep concerns regarding the bank's policy on phasing out of fossil fuels, coal in particular, which dangerously promotes false solutions…

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International Day of Action on Big Biomass 2023

19 Oct, 2023

On 19th October 2023 groups from six continents are taking a stand against large-scale forest biomass burning to produce energy, a false climate solution. The international day of action is…

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New briefing paper | “The Devil’s Totality”: Paraguay’s Struggle Against Agribusiness and Monoculture

16 Oct, 2023

 We marked September 21, the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations, with a webinar and discussion titled ‘In the Shadow of Monoculture Plantations’, which delved deep into the…

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