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Brazilian organizations urge California not to accept REDD offset credits in cap-and-trade scheme

May 1, 2013

Organizations and activists based in Acre and Brazil more widely have written to the Governor of California to express their opposition to the proposal of the government of the U.S. state of California to “reduce” its CO2 emissions through the acquisition of REDD+ offsets from the states of Acre and Chiapas, instead of pursuing emissions reductions in California itself.

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Open_Letter_Acre_english_portugese_spanish (1).pdf225.83 KB

Input to the consultation on structural options to strengthen the EU Emission Trading System

March 1, 2013

This input to the European Commission consultation on options to stregthen the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) was signed onto by 21 organisations. It raised only was concern, that the consultation excludes a fundamental, seventh option: ending the ETS by 2020 and replacing it with other regulatory climate policies. This is a serious omission that leaves this consultation incomplete as an input toward a legislative proposal. After two years of decline, the prices of emission permits and carbon credits have reached historic lows.

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Collective submission EC climate action_28th Feb 2013.pdf77.73 KB

NGOs' concerns with the legally binding agreement on forests in Europe

January 2, 2013

Released before the third session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee for a legally binding agreement on forests in Europe negotiations; this statement on behalf of 34 NGOs outlines key concerns that Europe’s NGO have in regards to the legally binding agreement on forests in Europe.

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NGO_letter_LBA_INC3_Jan_2013.pdf258.77 KB

Why the Resource Efficiency Initiative needs to include indicators on forest and forest products

October 23, 2012

At a ThinkForest high-level seminar in Brussels in May 2012, Commissioner Janez Potočnik stated that "Resource efficiency, climate change and energy provision will dominate the environmental agenda in forestry in the future. Finding the right linkages and solutions, based on sound science and up to date information, will be crucial". To date, however, the forest sector has hardly been involved in the debate around EU level resource efficiency indicators.

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FERN_resource_efficiency_consultation_121022.pdf164.54 KB

No support still for the FLEGT-VPA between Malaysia and the EU

September 19, 2012

A statement by Jaringan Orang Asal dan NGO Tentang Isu-Isu Hutan (JOANGOHutan), Jaringan Orang Asal Se-Malaysia (JOAS) and the Sarawak Indigenous Lawyers’ Association (SILA).

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120919 No support still for FLEGT VPA-1.pdf41.44 KB

NGO letters re: European Commission’s support to Civil Society Organisations through thematic programmes

August 20, 2012

On 26 April 2012 a coalition of NGOs wrote to Director-General Fotiadis to share their concerns about recent trends in the reduction of financial support available for civil society through the thematic programmes of the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI).

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Letter to Fotiadis on CSO support - final - 26 April 2012.pdf943.32 KB
EC Reply to Concord on CSO support - 5 June 2012 (1).pdf63.11 KB

Letter to Director General Karl Falkenberg re implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan

July 13, 2012

To see that the European Commission keeps up the high standard of consultation, 16 European NGOs have asked DG Environment of the European Commission to ensure that ongoing negotiation processes will be as inclusive as those already completed. Concerns focus specifically on Malaysia, where to date no inclusive consultation process has yet started, although negotiations for a VPA are ongoing. 

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Letter to Falkenberg.final_.pdf392.1 KB

World Bank Carbon Fund undermines effective action to halt forest loss

July 3, 2012

This joint NGO letter to the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility raises concerns that the bank is undermining its own objectives.

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Carbon Fund sign-on letter -June 2012-1.pdf182.2 KB

New Market Mechanisms - risks and reality

May 25, 2012

This analysis by civil society looks at state of UN climate negotiations in May 2012. It recommends that a planned workshop on new market mechanisms should focus first on lessons from the clean development mechanism. Scaling up a failed mechanism will not work for the climate. It is signed onto by FERN, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), the Institute for Policy Studies and Third World Network.

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NMM-Assessment_Bonn-12-Version_SignOn1.pdf124.98 KB

NGO briefing: Sustainability issues for solid biomass in electricity, heating and cooling

March 20, 2012

Europe plans to produce over half of its renewable energy from bioenergy by 2020, which is over 10 per cent of the total energy consumption. There are however significant risks associated with the increased use in bioenergy.

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EU Joint NGO briefing on biomass sustainability issues for energy.pdf436.72 KB

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