Richard Wainwright

From pledges to progress? Forest commitments on the path to COP30

Despite the US leaving the Paris Agreement and the increasing difficulty in achieving global unity about anything, hope will be in the air when scientists, NGOs and government climate experts come together, 16 - 26 June 2025, for...

8 Mai 2025

Looking forward: What to expect from the next two weeks of the Forest COP

Today, 10 November 2025, marks day one of the 30th United Nations climate conference (COP30) – ‘the Forest COP’ (or the COP of truth) – held at the ‘gateway to the Amazon’ in Belém, Brazil.

Fern and several partners are there,...

10 November 2025

COP30: Human Rights, Commodities and Deforestation in Brazil

Organised by Observatorio-Socioambiental, this event presented a proposal for a new Social Environmental Observatory and Platform which will bring together data about human rights violations, production of commodities in Brazil so...

12 November 2025

The Forest COP-out? What COP30 means for forests

The 30th international climate conference in Belém, Brazil hoped to draw the world’s attention to the importance of the Amazon Basin and forests more generally. The roller-coaster of highs (proposed roadmaps to reduce fossil...

10 Dezember 2025

Avoiding Deforestation and Degradation: Walking the tightrope to success

A short briefing note which looks at how to ensure REDD schemes have a threefold purpose: to safeguard and enforce the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, to bring an end to great swathes of deforestation and to...

21 August 2008