New Assessment Finds Financial Regulators Failing to Turn Biodiversity Commitments into Binding Rules
Global review of 11 strategically important financial jurisdictions finds no comprehensive restrictions on financing deforestation and ecosystem conversion ahead of UN biodiversity summit YEREVAN, Armenia — October 21, 2026 —…
Report: The Elephants in the Room Driving Biodiversity Destruction
Partnership of civil society groups say governments at COP17 Biodiversity Conference are ignoring the real drivers of biodiversity loss rooted in inequitable global economic systems and rules, while trillions continue…
Climate Week Watch: Don’t Let Polluters Rewrite the Rules of Carbon Accounting
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” or so the axiom goes. Whether one believes in the absolute truth of that statement, its underlying logic has long caused handwringing among…
The U.S. Gulf Coast is a biodiversity hot spot – methane gas is threatening all of it
The Gulf Coast is a biodiversity hot spot – and methane gas (LNG) is threatening all of it. Over 15,000 documented species live in or travel through the area, 130…
The Illustrated Field Guide to Biodiversity Finance Narratives
The global conversation about biodiversity finance is still too often framed around one question: how do we mobilize more money for nature? But that’s only part of the story. Equally…
LNG Impacts to Biodiversity in the Gulf South
Currently, there are 36 liquefied natural gas terminals and expansion projects proposed, under construction or actively operating in the United States, with 28 concentrated in the Gulf Coast. Liquefied natural…
Banking On Climate Chaos 2026
The world’s 65 biggest banks committed $8,700,000,000,000 over 10 years to the fossil fuel industry, driving climate chaos & deadly health impacts.
Global banks financed fossil fuels with $8.7 trillion since the Paris Agreement; $906 billion in 2025 alone; JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and MUFG are the world’s three worst funders
Banking on Climate Chaos report reveals nearly $1 trillion in annual fossil fuel financing as bank policy rollbacks accelerate and fossil energy instability deepens the global cost-of-living crisis June 8,…
Allianz Receives Human Rights Grievance Over Venture Global Operations
Stakeholders in Louisiana and Germany filed a comprehensive human rights grievance against Allianz SE based on documented harms of Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass 1 LNG and CP2 construction concerning pollution…
Financing A Fossil-Free Future: Rainforest Action Network’s Role in Historical Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Summit
Last week in Santa Marta, Colombia, the world took a meaningful step towards ending its fossil fuel dependency. The first-ever country-level talks on pathways for transitioning away from fossil fuels…