UNFCCC

Peoples’ Solutions to Save the Planet

22 Feb, 2025

Movements are gearing up for the People’s Summit in Brazil during COP30 By Valentina Figuera Martínez, Kwami Kpondzo and Megan Morrissey  For over half a century now, we’ve heard warnings about the catastrophic consequences of forest loss and biodiversity degradation for life on the planet. Climate change isn’t a distant reality anymore; it’s already causing harm around the globe.  South America has experienced record forest fires, with over 490,000 fire hotspots in 2024 and many types of biomes burned. In …

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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…

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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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Baku Forest Declaration from Central Asia and Caucasus

18 Nov, 2024

  Calling on the COP 29 Presidency and all Parties to the Paris Agreement Baku Forest Declaration from Central Asia and Caucasus   As the global community gathers for the…

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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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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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GFC Submission to UNEP at final round of intergovernmental negotiations on NbS

13 Oct, 2023

GFC expressed its concerns around nature-based solutions projects in a submission to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as part of the final round of intergovernmental negotiations on NbS, held…

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Webinar: Gender-Just and Community Rights Perspectives on Pathways to 1.5

2 May, 2023

Click here to register for the event. The latest IPCC reports paint a difficult path to 1.5C and we are already seeing the devastating effects of climate change at 1.2C…

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UN Member States: Reject False Climate Solutions, Direct Policy and Funding to Immediate Carbon Emissions Reductions and Real Solutions

20 Mar, 2023

UN Member States: Reject False Climate Solutions, Direct Policy and Funding to Immediate Carbon Emissions Reductions and Real Solutions IPCC report clearly shows there is no room for carbon offsets…

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Letter from ‘Kick Big Polluters Out’ on COP28 Presidency

28 Jan, 2023

To:  António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General  Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Parties to the UNFCCC— On January 11, news broke that Sultan…

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Briefing: Is the BRI Congruous with COP15’s Promise of an “Ecological Civilisation”?

7 Dec, 2022

As the parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) meet in Montreal, we’re looking at the need for real solutions to biodiversity loss and the big processes and factors…

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Media Advisory: Joint Press Conference COP15: Biodiversity’s Paris or Biodiversity’s Copenhagen?

7 Dec, 2022

With the future of biodiversity on the line, UN member states meeting in Montreal this December are negotiating a new Global Biodiversity Framework that will guide conservation for the coming…

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UN Global Biodiversity Framework Must Uphold Human Rights and Focus on Real, Gender-Just, Community-Based Solutions

6 Dec, 2022

COP15 expected to deliver new global commitments to biodiversity protection and conservation  (MONTRÉAL, DECEMBER 6, 2022)—United Nations Member States must shake off corporate lobbying and commit to full divestment from…

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