Looking Ahead: Meeting the Moment in 2026
At Rainforest Action Network we are beginning the new year reflecting on the most urgent question of our times: What future are we creating together? This question drives our work,…
Belém and Beyond: Why Saving the Amazon Requires Transforming Global Finance
COP30 is unfolding in the Amazon for the first time. The question is no longer whether this COP can “save” the Amazon — but whether the financial and political order are capable of doing so.
At COP30, policymakers drip water onto a wildfire
Developing countries need trillions of dollars to decarbonize, but the funding initiatives under discussion at COP30 don’t deliver on true climate justice.
Rainforest Action Network: Brazil’s New Forest Finance Facility Risks Reinforcing the Same Broken System It Seeks to Fix
Belém, Brazil – November 10, 2025 As world leaders gather in Belém for COP30, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) warns that the newly launched Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) could fall…
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…
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.