Skip to content
or
banner image

Forests, Trees and Climate Change – page no longer in use

Biofuels – a Failure for Africa

3 Dec 2010

PRESS RELEASE- Thursday 2 December 2010 African Biodiversity Network, The Gaia Foundation Biofuels are failing Africa, in contrast to the many promises that fuelled their growth, a new report from Ethiopia claims today. Launched today at the UN conference on Climate Change in Cancun, the report “Biofuels – a Failure for Africa” from the African Biodiversity Network, Ethiopian Society for Consumer Protection and The Gaia Foundation, highlights the risks of relying on biofuels to bring climate and development benefits to …

Read in full ›

Biofuelwatch in Cancun

3 Dec 2010

Massively increasing demand for “biomass” is resulting in land grabs and expansion of destructive industrial monocultures at the expense of forests, biodiversity and food production.  Deepak Rughani and Rachel Smolker…

Read in full ›

Forest and Indigenous Groups Reject Cancún Forest Deal

26 Nov 2010

Joint Press Release from Global Forest Coalition and Indigenous Environmental Network 26 November, 2010                                    Forest and Indigenous Groups Reject Cancún Forest Deal REDD Will Violate Rights, Accelerate Emissions, Groups Warn…

Read in full ›

Donate

GFC at CBD COP16

Divest Public Climate Finance from False Solutions: A Roadmap Towards Gender-Just & Real Climate Justice

Don’t be Fooled

S3FCampaign

Green Livelihoods Alliance

Celebrating 20 Years of the GFC

Video celebrating 20 years of the GFC

Support GFC

Support GFC ›

Cover of The End of False Solutions: Moving Towards Rights-Based and Gender Transformative Solutions to Climate Change

Subscribe to our e-newsletter and other publications ›

GFC Image Library

GFC Image Library

Videos

Videos