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Financial Incentives to Slow Deforestation are Helpful – But Public Policies to Stop it Are Essential

November 29, 2021

Financial flows and policy assessments key findings

November 8, 2021

Since the Paris Agreement banks have provided USD 238 billion in credit to 186 of the largest forest-risk commodity companies in the world. Emissions from… Read More

Activists tell banks and investors on COP26 Climate Finance Day to stop doing business with the world’s largest meat company JBS

November 3, 2021

THE MONEY PIPELINE FOR DEFORESTATION MUST STOP NOW

November 1, 2021

Joint NGO statement on voluntary initiatives on deforestation, for and by financial institutions: If deforestation were a country it would be the world’s third… Read More

Banking Centers of Brazil, Indonesia, China, the United States and Japan Are Bankrolling Global Deforestation, New Analysis Finds

October 29, 2021

More than USD 238 billion in credit has been provided to companies driving tropical deforestation globally since the Paris Climate Agreement In the leadup to… Read More

Environmental Justice and Human Rights Organizations Address Global Leaders Ahead of COP26: Carbon Offsets Don’t Stop Climate Change

October 6, 2021

Brands and Banks Continue to Fuel Fires Despite the Climate Crisis

October 4, 2021

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