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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 biomass, and ensure a rights-based, gendered response to the climate crisis if we are to have any chance of reigning in rising global temperatures, the Global Forest Coalition said as government officials and civil society leaders prepare to gather in Sharm el-Sheikh for the United Nations’ COP27 climate conference next …

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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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Commentary in Mongabay: EU’s anti-deforestation trade rule should be more women-friendly

26 Oct, 2022

Published in Mongabay by Simone Lovera on 26 October 2022 Photo by Abhaya Raj Josh/Mongabay: A member of the Bhimeshwori Sustainable Farming Group at her agroforestry farm in Kavre, Nepal…

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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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Call for Campaign Coordinator: Unsustainable Livestock Production campaign

12 Oct, 2022

The Global Forest Coalition is looking for a coordinator for our campaign against Unsustainable Livestock Production.   Job description and requirements Are you an enthusiastic campaigner looking to work in a…

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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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Guaraní Women Leaders in Bolivia Share Successful Land Struggle on Indigenous Peoples’ Day

25 Aug, 2022

By: Valentina Figuera Martínez, GFC Gender Justice and Forests Campaign Coordinator | August 9, 2022 (photo by CCIMCAT) Guaraní women leaders from Laguna Chica, which is located in the Department…

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You’ve probably never heard about TNFD, but it threatens to be the new frontier in corporate greenwashing

15 Aug, 2022

By Shona Hawkes Anyone who cares about protecting nature, biodiversity and those who defend it ultimately has a stake in stopping the trillions of dollars that are driving nature destruction…

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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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“Being a woman means resistance, to fight for the conservation of forests”

5 Aug, 2022

By Valentina Figuera Martínez, Gender Justice and Forests Campaign coordinator | August 5, 2022 “What does it mean to be a woman in my territory today?” was one of the…

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Call for applications! Digital design and production of campaign identity and website

18 Jul, 2022

Client Stop Financing Factory Farming (SFFF): a global campaign by civil society and non-profit organisations to stop public development banks like the World Bank funding industrial animal agriculture, and shift…

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Statement in response to the assassination of Venezuelan indigenous leader Virgilio Trujillo Arana

7 Jul, 2022

Communiqué from the National Ecosocialist Front for Life (FRENESVI): In view of the vile murder of Virgilio Trujillo Arana, of the Uwottujja Indigenous community, in Autana, Venezuela (Amazonas State), on…

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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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Calls Open for Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards 2022 – Apply Now!

20 Jun, 2022

The Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) is now calling for applications to the 2022 annual Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards, conducted with the support of the Climate Technology Centre and…

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Watch: ‘Ready to Launch’, GFC speaks at the UNFCCC 2022 side event

17 Jun, 2022

Bonn, Germany – GFC spoke at ‘Ready to Launch: A vision for how Non-Market Mechanism in 6.8 can move climate action forward’, a Side Event hosted by the Climate, Land,…

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