A year of urgent action:
Rainforest Action Network

After a decade of activism, the Leuser Ecosystem is emerging as a rare good-news story in the global fight against deforestation. Rates of destruction have declined, conservation breakthroughs have been won, and new systems of accountability are taking shape.

By forcing financiers and insurers to walk away, we’re proving that people-powered movements can stop these projects. Our goal is bold but necessary: end fossil fuel expansion. Targeting the Wall Street backers behind methane is the first step.

As the world’s third largest economy, Japan’s role in the global energy transition cannot be overstated. Japanese financial institutions are among the world’s top funders of both fossil fuels and forest-risk commodities — making them a critical leverage point in the fight for a just and sustainable future.

Corporations are pocketing record profits — but at what cost to us and our future? Despite the backdrop of global chaos, we’ve had incredible successes over the past year across all our work to keep forests standing, stop fossil fuel expansion, and support frontline communities around the world.