Press Release: Global Biodiversity Deal Calls for Divestment from Harmful Industries, Recognizes the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Women

19 Dec 2022

(MONTREAL, DECEMBER 19, 2022)—The Global Forest Coalition, Rainforest Action Network and Sinergia Animal joined the world’s Indigenous Peoples in welcoming the outcomes of the Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) which agreed in the early hours of this morning on a Global Biodiversity Framework that represents a significant step forward…

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The Elephant in the COP15 Negotiations Rooms: Global Tourism and Its Impacts on Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples

17 Dec 2022

By Souparna Lahiri in ECO While the World Travel and Tourism Council lobbies at the COP 15 Global Biodiversity Summit with its “Nature Positive Travel and Tourism” report in collaboration…

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The TNFD: What it is, who’s behind it and why it’s a major greenwashing risk

13 Dec 2022

This week at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) will meet with regulators and host events to try to sell this corporate…

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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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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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Lost and Damaged: From Climate COP to Biodiversity COP

3 Dec 2022

By Souparna Lahiri This year’s UN Climate Conference, hyped as the “Implementation COP” where world leaders were to finally turn words into action, failed to take off in Sharm El…

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CBD COP15: Biodiversity’s ‘Paris’ or ‘Copenhagen’?

28 Nov 2022

Commentary By Simone Lovera on www.boell.de  // Русский ниже Just weeks after the failed United Nations Climate Summit in Egypt, UN member states will gather again from 7 to 19 December, this time…

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The Global Forest Coalition at COP27

15 Nov 2022

The Global Forest Coalition is present in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27 (November 6-18, 2022). We have 11 spokespersons on the ground and will speak at 8 events, where…

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Trees for Global Benefit Uganda: A Case Study on the Failures of Carbon Offsetting

14 Nov 2022

Carbon offsetting has been a favorite climate change “solution” of countries and corporations that want to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions. But how does it work in practice? Here, we…

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