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A round-up of the Global Day of Action to Stop Financing Factory Farming
Celebrating the Global Day of Action: “World Bank, Is Factory Farming Worth it?” GFC as part of the Stop Financing Farming Coalition handed the World Bank a giant symbolic invoice for the true cost of the harmful factory farming projects it finances, including through its International Finance Corporation, on April 24th as part of the Global Day of Action that S3F organized and that mobilized hundreds of GFC members and allies Under the slogan “World Bank: Is Factory Farming …
Join the Campaign: Is Factory Farming Worth it, World Bank?
UPDATE: Here’s how it went! Factory farming is a major driver of deforestation worldwide. We’re speaking out on April 24th during the World Bank’s spring meetings, urging it to stop financing factory farming projects under the guise of “sustainable” development. Here are some ways to get involved. Sign the letter: Demand the World Bank Group exclude factory farming from its financing Get the toolkit so you can take action: S3F Global Day of Action Toolkit Share the messages on social …
REPORT | TFFF: A False Solution for Tropical Forests
A new report on the proposed ‘Tropical Forest Forever Facility’ by the Global Forest Coalition and Fundación Solón English / Português / Español / Bahasa / Français This report offers an in-depth analysis of what we currently know about a market mechanism aimed at forests called TFFF (Tropical Forest Finance Facility) that is said to be launching this year around the 30th UN Climate Convention (COP30) in Brazil. Tropical forests are essential ecosystems, and gravely threatened by the same logic of extractivism …
Global NGOs Call on International Maritime Org to Reject Biofuels and Commit to Truly Clean Energy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LONDON / UTRECHT, 31 March 2025 – As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) prepares to finalize negotiations (31 March – 1 April ISWG-GHG-19, 7 – 11 April MEPC83) on key measures for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in international shipping, environmental and Indigenous rights groups are sounding the alarm over the potential inclusion of biofuels in the sector’s decarbonization strategy. Biofuelwatch, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), and AbibiNsroma Foundation are calling on the IMO and its …
An update from Central Asia on the International Day of Forests
Tugai Forests: Central Asia’s Hidden Oasis and the Fight for Their Survival In the heart of Central Asia, where arid deserts and rugged mountains dominate the landscape, a green thread winds along the riverbanks — the tugai forests. These rare riparian woodlands thrive in the floodplains of rivers like the Syr Darya, Amu Darya, and Ili, creating a biological oasis amid an otherwise harsh climate. The tugai forests are vital ecosystems teeming with life, and they are among the most …
Press Release: Protect Tropical Rainforests From Energy Transition Policies Based on Land Use
Photo: Adzwari Rizki/Trend Asia Press Release Road to COP 30: Global South Civil Societies Gather Voices Demanding Tropical Rainforest Protection From Energy Transition Policies Based on Land Use
Press release: Putting Rainforests into Fuel Tanks? Groups Warn IMO Against Biofuel Disaster
In an urgent press release, Biofuelwatch and the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) called on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its 176 Member States to oppose the promotion of biofuels in international shipping and commit to a future powered by genuine clean energy.
Civil Society Vows to Unite Around a Common Climate Justice Agenda for Belem People’s Summit during COP30
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 …
Latin American leaders and the road towards COP30 in Belem
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 in the UNFCCC process, and the low expectations regarding the political will to provide funds, especially for loss and damage, as well emissions reductions in the agriculture sector.
“Baku Forest Declaration” Calls for Climate Justice: Indigenous Rights and Forest Protection at the Heart of COP 29
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 paradigm shift in climate negotiations to prioritize forest protection, Indigenous rights, and climate justice.
Baku Forest Declaration from Central Asia and Caucasus
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 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29), we underscore the urgent need for effective climate action that prioritizes Indigenous peoples’ rights and forest protection. Despite the clear reliance on forests to mitigate climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has failed to halt deforestation or even …
Press release: Indigenous Leaders and Environmental Advocates at COP29 Call for an End to REDD+ Mechanism Amid Rights Violations and Deforestation
**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, BAKU – At a joint press conference today from the UN climate summit, representatives from the Indigenous Environmental Network, Acción Ecológica Ecuador, WALHI Indonesia, and the Global Forest Coalition issued a united call to dismantle the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) mechanism. The event highlighted the program’s …
New Report: The Great REDD+ Climate Illusion
The Great REDD+ Climate Illusion: A flawed equation for forests, people, and planet A new briefer from the Global Forest Coalition GFC’s latest research critically examines the REDD+ program, showing that it has little to do with reducing deforestation while facilitating land grabbing, logging and monoculture plantations and causing rights violations. Download the report in English – French – Spanish Despite billions in funding and hundreds of projects, REDD+ is not delivering the promised results in reducing deforestation or forest degradation. …
Will COP16 on Biodiversity Listen to Indigenous Women or Corporate Lobbyists?
Published in Truthout Will COP16 on Biodiversity Listen to Indigenous Women or Corporate Lobbyists? Indigenous women have long been at the forefront of the global movement for land and territorial rights. By Juana Vera Delgado and Chithira Vijayakumar 22 October 2024 COP16, the UN World Summit on Biodiversity, is underway in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 through November 1. This summit carries a crucial task: establishing policies and actions to reverse the alarming trends of biodiversity loss and species extinction …
Halt biodiversity loss and corporate-led false solutions that exclude Indigenous Peoples, women and local communities, GFC says
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 on real, community-led solutions to the biodiversity crisis and resist corporate lobbying and the commodification of nature. GFC’s political director, Mary Louise Malig of the Philippines, explained that false solutions to the biodiversity crisis are ineffective and do real harm to communities and nature: False solutions are destructive; they’re not …
Who Really Benefits? How REDD+ Fails Forests and Those Who Protect Them – A new Briefing from GFC
In this new briefing, launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (SB60) in Bonn, we unravel the confusions, contradictions and inherent issues with the REDD+ program.
GFC points out problems with forest offsets in Guyana
Guayana is a heavily forested country in South America, and according to reports, it’s becoming “the world’s newest petro-state.” Oil companies appear to be touting false solutions to climate impacts there, claiming that their exploitative activities in Guyana are “net zero,” but experts are raising alarm about this. Souparna Lahiri from the Global Forest Coalition was quoted in Climate Home News: The problem is that within the country, you are allowing the emissions to continue or even to rise, and …
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