Banking on Biodiversity Collapse 2025
In the decade since the Paris Agreement, banks have poured over $429 billion into forest-risk commodities, imperiling the planet’s rainforests.
New Report Exposes How Global Banks and Investors Are Still “Banking on Biodiversity Collapse” — Coalition Calls for Financial Regulation to Halt Deforestation
São Paulo, Brazil – As world leaders will soon convene in Brazil for COP30, a new report from the Forests & Finance Coalition reveals that finance for sectors driving tropical…
Deputy Forest Program Director
This position plays a critical leadership role within the Forest team, reporting directly to the Forest Program Director, and shares responsibility for the strategic direction, management, and daily maintenance of the Forest Program. Specifically, the Deputy Forest Program Director manages the campaigns and research work for the program, including the Keep Forests Standing campaign and Forests & Finance Coalition, and shares responsibility for the overall project management and coordination of the Forest Program.
EU hits “snooze” on landmark anti-deforestation law, Oreo cheers
If the planned delay goes through, this will be the second time in as many years that the EUDR has been delayed. The planet cannot wait any longer.
Long Live the Leuser Ecosystem!
Conflict Palm Oil Expansion Persists: Vigilance is Needed to Protect the Leuser Ecosystem from Deforestation In August 2025, major brands and palm oil traders launched the Aceh Sustainable Palm Oil…
Amazon-clearing cattle are being turned into “green” jet fuel
Not all “green” energy is actually what it purports to be, and biofuels have a litany of problems that could outweigh their supposed benefits.
“Greenwash.” Rainforest Action Network Responds to Asia Pulp and Paper’s New Forest Policy
Gemma Tillack, Rainforest Action Network’s forest policy director issued the following response: There is nothing “Forest Positive” about Asia Pulp and Paper – A notorious forest destroyer that is becoming one of…
Greenwashed Gold Rush: The hidden cost of the electric vehicle boom
Global sales of electric vehicles currently account for a quarter of all vehicles sold, but it’s not necessarily a victory for environmentalism.
Exposing the Financial Fault Lines in the (Un)Just Energy Transition: New Report Exposes Billions in High-Risk Mining Finance
San Francisco, CA — [September 3, 2025] — A new report released today by the Forests & Finance Coalition, with support from global civil society partners, warns that the global…
Mining and Money 2025: Financial Faultlines in the Energy Transition
While climate action demands an urgent shift away from fossil fuels, the current race to extract so-called ‘transition minerals’ is repeating the same violent, exploitative and unsustainable practices that have defined the fossil fuel era.
