We Need an Economy that Doesn’t Kill Us

Kicking off New York Climate Week, RAN and Parliamentarians for a Fossil Free Future organized Financing the Future: Aligning Finance with the Promise of the Paris Agreement, a forum focused…

Why Boycotting Isn’t Our Main Pressure Strategy

At RAN we often hear the question, “Which products should I buy?” and “How can I shop ethically?” It’s a valid concern that reflects a deep desire to do right by the planet and each other. But, while avoiding certain products can be a potent form of resistance, this approach only touches the outermost layer of a much deeper, systemic issue. In fact, it doesn’t always have the impact we hope it will.

RAN panther logo projected onto BK bridge

Resourcing the Movement

2023 marks the 30th anniversary of our small grants program at Rainforest Action Network — Community Action Grants. Community Action Grants provides critical and rapid funding — sometimes the very…

Insuring Our Future

Insurance companies are supposed to protect us from catastrophic risks. Yet when it comes to the largest threat to humanity – climate change – insurers are perpetuating dependence on fossil…

P&G: Stop Forest Destruction

In June, the company quietly published a revised Forest Commodity Policy that, in spite of public commitments to intact forests and forest communities, actually weakens the company’s forests standards. A…

The Power of Partnership

Our vision for change is interwoven within our very name. RAN’s network stretches across the globe, from the dense rainforests of Indonesia and the Amazon, to the frontline fights of…

Defunding Climate Chaos

The 2023 Banking on Climate Chaos report, released this April, is the most comprehensive analysis on fossil fuel banking produced to date. This 14th annual version of the report continued…

Big Wins for Forest and Communities

The most effective and efficient way to protect forest ecosystems is to protect the land rights of the Indigenous and frontline communities who depend on them. Science and history have…

“Natural” Gas is Methane

A decade ago, Rainforest Action Network coined the term “Conflict Palm Oil.” It was a part of a concerted effort to rebrand the most widely used vegetable oil in the…