In its latest issue of EU Forest Watch, FERN has published a special report on the Paris climate conference, focussing on forests and the rights of people living in and near forests.
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Will carbon markets ever deliver for southern governments, forests and people?
“Carbon trading does not reduce emissions, will not deliver money where it is needed on the ground and will not recognize the important role that communities play in protecting forests.”
COP21: What’s happened so far?
Today marks the start of the second week of the UN climate change negotiations in Paris. After a week of negotiations we have a Draft Paris Outcome.
Implement in haste, repent at leisure: Critical new report on the World Bank’s Carbon Fund by FERN and Forest Peoples Programme
“Unless major changes are made in FCPF planning, design and validation of emissions reduction programmes to ensure alignment with the FCPF Charter and international human rights standards, the FCPF Carbon Fund risks enabling seriously flawed REDD pilots that could generate negative impacts on indigenous peoples and local communities as the FCPF moves towards implementation of…
“Carbon released from fossil fuels is not equivalent to the carbon stored in trees.” New report from FERN
“It is a mistake to think that emissions from fossil fuels can be negated by increasing or protecting the storage potential of forests and other land based carbon.”