Warsaw, Poland –A new report released by the Global Forest Coalition [1] today at the 19th UN Climate Conference concludes that projects and policies related to REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation and enhancing forest carbon stocks) fail to address the underlying causes of forest loss and might contribute to further deforestation instead.
(cross-posted from http://corporateeurope.org) Warsaw, 12th November 2013 Civil society calls out the EU’s attempt to push more of the same failed carbon markets favoured by the biggest polluters, and urges countries to…
On 27th September, “WORLD TOURISM DAY” the CBD Secretariat issued a statement by the Executive Secretary, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, which began as follows: “In spite of lingering economic…
Montreal, Canada– Today, at a meeting of the Convention on Biodiversity[1], Global Forest Coalition[2] and Biofuelwatch[3] will launch a new report highlighting the impacts of expanding use of wood for generating…
We appreciate Valerie Hickey’s remarks about mainstreaming biodiversity, including in the process to develop a truly sustainable post-2015 development agenda. As core member of the Women’s Major Group the Global…
Background to Tilbury B: On 13th August, Tilbury B, so far the world’s biggest biomass power station commissioned so far, was shut down for good. It is sited along the…
Here (below) are two articles from the latest FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) ‘Forestry News’ for your interest. The first article quotes Tiina Vähänen, currently REDD Coordinator at the FAO, and formerly…
La Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) fue establecida en 1995 para completar el trío de Bretton Woods, con el Banco Mundial y el Fondo Monetario Internacional, para la promoción del…
Launched in 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) completed the Bretton Woods trio with the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund in promoting neoliberalism and corporate globalization. The WTO…
(cross-posted) Sep 2, 2013 Joint press release by Rainforest Rescue, Society for Threatened Peoples, Robin Wood, Urgewald and Watch Indonesia! Berlin Activists from Rainforest Rescue, the Society for Threatened Peoples,…
On a recent communication our dear and worried friend the Koala bear, in light of the still on-going extensive deforestation rates in his home country, asks Wally Menne from Timberwatch…
Press release by Rights Action, Rainforest Rescue, Biofuelwatch* and Food First 6th August 2013 – International environmental and human rights campaigners condemn the 4th Latin American Palm Oil Conference to…
Las mujeres indígenas, afirmamos que los Pueblos Originarios de América y el Caribe hemos existido y habitado este continente muchos milenios antes de la invasión europea. Como pueblos no-occidentales hemos…
by ANNE PETERMANN Yesterday, President Obama announced his new Climate Action Plan in a nationally televised speech. He described the emerging climate crisis and its impacts–both past, present and future,…
Statement by the Women’s Major Group, June 21, 2013 The Women’s Major Group, composed of 420 organizations from 80 countries, participated in the 4th Open Working Group Session on Sustainable…
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)* – The High Level Panel of Eminent Persons Report on the Post 2015 Development Agenda conveys a questionable sense of optimism for women. The…
Bonn/Bogota, 12 June 2013 A new report [1] by the Global Forest Coalition [2] was launched at a side event on equity in climate mitigation policies organized by GenderCC at…
