Start of COP30: Implementation Has to Mean Accountability
COP30 opens today in Belém, Brazil with leaders promising an “implementation COP.” Yet implementation without accountability will fail. Governments are pledging funds for forest protection while letting their banks and investors finance deforestation with impunity.
Media Brief: The Forests and Finance Coalition and Rainforest Action Network at COP30
Rainforest Action Network recognizes the immense stakes for people and the planet dependent on the outcome of the global negotiations underway at COP30, Nov 11-21 in Belem, Brazil. RAN’s forty…
Financiando o Colapso Da Biodiversidade 2025
Depois de dez anos de promessas de papel, chegou a hora de regular as finanças.
Chainsaw economy: Financial sector fuels deforestation despite climate promises
Last year, the world lost a primary forest area larger than Sri Lanka while finance for forest-risk commodities surged.
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…
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…