On December 22, 2022, JPMorgan Chase released its climate report in an effort to provide details on how the bank is responding to climate risks. Rainforest Action Network’s response to…
December 22, 2022
December 15, 2022
COP15 Greenwashing Alert: Germany and Norway Pledge 30 Million Euro to Controversial Corporate-headed Nature Reporting Initiative at UN Biodiversity Summit
*Newly released TNFD explainer video available here Civil society groups outraged funding will be handed to wealthy corporate initiative while those doing most to safeguard nature can’t secure sufficient funds….
December 14, 2022
Pressure on US Banks as HSBC Announces End to New Oil and Gas Funding
Groups representing a broad section of the US climate movement are demanding that US banks halt funding for new oil and gas projects, following a dramatic change to HSBC’s energy…
December 6, 2022
EU Deforestation Regulation an Important Precedent for Other Nations to Follow
Gemma Tillack, Forest Policy Director at Rainforest Action Network (RAN), responded to the adoption of a new EU importation law that aims to prevent companies from selling commodities linked to…
December 2, 2022
World’s Largest Certifier of Sustainable Palm Oil Must Strengthen Its Certification Systems to Remain Relevant, Warns Civil Society
Rainforest Action Network calls for fundamental shifts in RSPO’s assurance systems Kuala Lumpur – Members of the world’s largest certification scheme for palm oil, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil…
November 16, 2022
Fossil Fuel Phase Out Day at COP27
From Rainforest Action Network: COP27 must build on the cover decision from COP26 by acknowledging the need to equitably phase-out all fossil fuels, not just coal. It is too late…
November 14, 2022
A New Forest Data Partnership – for who?
RAN welcomes the announcement of the Forest Data Partnership––a new initiative being spearheaded by WRI, FAO, Google, Nasa, the US Government and Unilever. Collaboration to scale up forest monitoring is…
November 12, 2022
RAN Responds to the over 600 Oil and Gas Lobbyists at COP27
The science is clear. Developing new oil and gas fields is incompatible with the 1.5 degree limit, yet all major oil and gas companies continue new extraction projects that lock…
November 9, 2022
Over a Trillion Financed in Fossil Fuel Expansion; Billions by US Banks Since the Paris Agreement
“Wall Street’s Dirtiest Secret” Exposes How Much Banks Finance Fossil Fuel Expansion and Exploitation OAKLAND — As part of finance day of COP27 the Rainforest Action Network exposed startling facts…
November 8, 2022
The UN High Level Expert Group Sets a Clear Bar for Climate Action by Non-State Actors
RAN welcomes the recommendations of HLEG; concerned on lack of ensuring the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of of Indigenous Peoples Sharm El-Sheikh / Oakland, November 8 2022 — Today at…