Press releases

Civil Society Vows to Unite Around a Common Climate Justice Agenda for Belem People’s Summit during COP30

21 Nov, 2024

Rejecting the “carbon violence” done to communities through forest offsets and financing that leads to “climate debt,” communities plan to champion real solutions on climate at COP30. Baku, 21 November 2024–In a press conference on Wednesday, nearing the end of the 29th UN Climate Summit (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, Global Forest Coalition representatives offered a stark assessment of the lack of progress on tackling the drivers of climate change, suggesting that hope for the future lies in the social movements …

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“Let’s talk about real solutions now!” asserts civil society at COP29 amid the dominance of false climate solutions

19 Nov, 2024

Civil society groups at the UN Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan are calling for a shift away from market-driven, corporate-led mechanisms and a focus on real solutions to address the…

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Latin American leaders and the road towards COP30 in Belem

19 Nov, 2024

Climate activists from Latin America and the Caribbean have set their demands towards the second week of COP29, focusing on the damage that the approval of Article 6.4 can cause…

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“Baku Forest Declaration” Calls for Climate Justice: Indigenous Rights and Forest Protection at the Heart of COP 29

19 Nov, 2024

As global leaders gather at COP 29, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) and members and allies from Central Asia and the Caucasus have issued the “Baku Forest Declaration,” urging a…

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GFC at COP 29

18 Nov, 2024

At UNFCCC COP29 in Baku, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is urging immediate action to end the financing of false solutions to climate change, such as carbon trading and offsetting,…

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Press release: Indigenous Leaders and Environmental Advocates at COP29 Call for an End to REDD+ Mechanism Amid Rights Violations and Deforestation

15 Nov, 2024

**For Immediate Release**   Indigenous Leaders and Environmental Advocates Call for an End to REDD+ Mechanism Amid Rights Violations and Deforestation New briefer exposes inherent flaws in REDD+ November 15, 2024,…

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CLARA condemns today’s decision to approve Article 6.4 rules at COP29 in Baku

11 Nov, 2024

The Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA) condemns today’s decision by the CMA, the UN body that takes decisions, to approve rules for the new Article 6.4 carbon market…

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Latin American organizations call for urgent systemic change at COP16 biodiversity summit

31 Oct, 2024

Press release: Latin American organizations call for urgent systemic change at COP16 biodiversity summit Activists denounce lack of ambition, false solutions and corporate capture in biodiversity negotiations. Cali, Colombia, October…

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“Freeze false solutions” to biodiversity loss and respect rights and ecosystems to achieve real “peace with nature,” says Global Forest Coalition

30 Oct, 2024

Cali, Colombia, 29 October 2024 “As long as governments are in cahoots with corporations to destroy nature, there cannot be ‘Peace with Nature.’” Souparna Lahiri of the Global Forest Coalition…

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Halt biodiversity loss and corporate-led false solutions that exclude Indigenous Peoples, women and local communities, GFC says

23 Oct, 2024

23 October 2024 — Members and leaders from the Global Forest Coalition held a press conference today at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) highlighting the need for countries to focus…

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NGOs in global action against large-scale biomass energy

21 Oct, 2024

On the 21st of October 2024 environmental and civil society groups from around the world will take a stand against large-scale forest biomass burning to produce energy. The international day…

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Biodiversity Offsets: A Flawed Conservation Solution – New Analysis Debunks “No Net Loss” and Calls for Urgent Action

10 Oct, 2024

Biodiversity offsets are a dangerous illusion—allowing corporations to profit while ecosystems are destroyed and communities pay the price, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) warned today. Instead of supporting this failed…

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Civil Society Organizations Worldwide Warn Against Biodiversity Offsets and Credits

2 Oct, 2024

Over 270 civil society organizations and academics from around the world have voiced strong opposition to the use of biodiversity offsets and credits, warning that such mechanisms will fail to…

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Press Release: Human Rights and Environmental Concerns Found in UN-financed large-scale Livestock Project in Colombia

5 Mar, 2024

The United Nations-backed Green Climate Fund through &Green and the FMO (The Dutch Development Bank) and other climate financiers must halt financing false solutions to climate change and redirect support…

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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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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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Media Release: Urgent action required to halt the gender, environmental and human rights impacts of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

26 Sep, 2023

In a new 16-page report Debt, Displacement, and Biodiversity Loss: Assessing the Gender, Environmental, and Human Rights Implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, GFC uncovers the deeply troubling consequences…

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