Global Canopy

🌎 We need decisive action at both #COP16 and #COP29 to secure our collective future on a liveable planet. Urgent progress on both nature and climate is essential to secure the foundations for our economies and our well-being. 🏦 At both #Cali and #Baku, governments and private sector leaders must work to restrict funding activities that harm nature and ramp up sound investment in protecting and restoring #nature. 🌿 Identifying the nature-related risks and impacts of business can help locate meaningful opportunities for investment. 🌳 The recently released Forest Declaration Assessment tells us that we are off track to meet the 2030 target for halting and reversing #deforestation. Central to progress on this goal is action on the deforestation linked to commodity production and trade. 🔎 We will be at COP16 to highlight the data and frameworks that can support effective finance sector action, help organisations understand their exposure to nature-related impacts and enable the private sector to take targeted action on key forest risk sectors. 🎯 Read more about the essential action necessary at the #nature and #climate COPs: https://lnkd.in/eNZV8jkY

🔍 An amendment to the #EUDR proposed in the European Parliament “lack scientific rigour and does not stand up to even a cursory level of scientific scrutiny” according to Trase - Intelligence for sustainable trade co-directors Helen Bellfield and Toby Gardner. 🌳 The proposal put forward by the European People's Party group in the European Parliament includes a “no risk” category for countries that would not need to fulfil the deforestation-free criteria or submit a due diligence statement. The EPP says countries with stable or increasing forest areas are of “non-existent” risk of #deforestation and simplified requirements would “encourage #sustainable practices.” ⚠️ In the latest insight Trase says such action creates dangerous loopholes and urges stakeholders to make the best use of the one-year delay, but to reject all other amendments. Read here: https://lnkd.in/e8s9wWwB #EuropeanUnion #EuropeanParliament

🤝 We partnered with Oxford Ministry for the Future to host an event featuring Pulitzer-winning novelist Richard Powers and a panel of Oxford academics. Richard was joined by Professor Emma Smith of Hertford College, University of Oxford, Professor Anette Mikes, Professor Nathalie Seddon, Professor Cameron Hepburn and Professor Pablo Mukherjee in a wide-ranging conversation about the ethical, political, economic and other dimensions of the current ecological crisis. 🍀 The interdisciplinary discussion held at the Sheldonian Theatre also showcased a moving musical intervention by Sam Lee. Missed the session? You can watch a full recording here: https://lnkd.in/ew4DuQtX

🌿 Last week, the Forest Peoples Programme welcomed a delegation of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local civil society representatives from Liberia, Colombia, the Wampís Nation (Peru) and Indonesia to the #UK. They were talking about the  human rights and #environmental damage resulting from the agricultural #mining and oil and gas sectors. 🌳 Among their demands was a call from #Indigenous leaders from the Wampis Nation urging British parliamentarians to stop international banks from supporting oil and gas companies operating in the #Amazon, which they say harm their ancestral #rainforests. 🍀 For generations Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities have been the best guardians of tropical forests. Their knowledge and expertise can provide real solutions. Yet our third #humanrights briefing reveals that even the companies and financial institutions with deforestation commitments or policies rarely include human rights. Over a third of land defenders killed in 2022 were Indigenous Peoples. Action on human rights goes hand-in-hand with ending #deforestation, as Indigenous Peoples have a critical role to play in protecting #nature.

Today we're proud to release the latest Impact Report on our portfolio of incredible climate and nature charities 💥 Last month, the UN Environment Programme published its latest Emissions Gap Report: an analysis of government progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. So how much have emissions decreased? They haven’t. From 2022-2023, greenhouse gas emissions increased by 1.3% to a record high: 57 gigatonnes in a year. This reality isn’t a reason to despair. Instead, it should focus our attention on the climate action we can control. ⭐️Philanthropic giving⭐️  remains an incredibly important opportunity to deliver fast and effective impact.   Over the past six months, our charities have protected and restored critical ecosystems. They have delivered powerful systemic change for our planet. They have really made a difference. Read more in the report below👇   To hear more about our charities’ successes and interact directly with our team, join us for our next impact review webinar: 12th December at 1:30pm. Register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dz9XBZim Blue Marine Foundation, ClientEarth, Global Canopy, Rainforest Trust (Rainforest Trust UK), Trillion Trees - BirdLife, WCS, WWF, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Ros Rickaby, Yadvinder Malhi, Mamta Mehra PhD

In this Data for #nature newsletter ✉️ : 🐮 The launch webinar for Floresta 250 - Cattle, our new project focusing on the 250 companies and financial institutions influencing the #deforestation linked to #Brazil’s cattle sector. 🔍 Trase - Intelligence for sustainable trade’s analysis and response to the proposed amendments and negotiations surrounding the #EUDR. 📑 Our Annual Report, highlighting our vital work to accelerate action against deforestation in 2023-2024. And more! ⬇️

#JobAlert 💼 You still have time to apply for exciting opportunity to build visually compelling materials for both print and digital across our various projects! Are you fluent in Adobe CC including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop? Do you possess a strong sense of composition, typography and image selection? If yes, we would love to hear from you! 📅 25 November  📍Oxford (hybrid) 💷£25,000-£27,000 You will work closely with the Senior Designer and Communications team with a focus on artworking files, typesetting reports, infographics, social media posts, film editing, and more! Apply now! https://lnkd.in/ecWn6dnm #Jobs #Designer #Hiring #HiringNow

Join us for the Floresta 250 - Cattle launch webinar To move the needle on global #deforestation, cattle is the single most influential commodity and Brazil's cattle sector is critically important. 🐮 Floresta 250 - Cattle, a new project from Global Canopy, looks at the 250 companies and financial institutions with the most power to transform cattle supply chains in #Brazil. Are they doing enough on deforestation, ecosystem conversion and associated #humanrights abuses? Where are the gaps when it comes to action? 📢 Join our webinar to launch the first Floresta 250 - Cattle baseline assessment, which provides a new level of transparency to support targeted and effective accountability on this issue, including finance sector action. Hear from Global Canopy and other expert speakers as they discuss challenges and opportunities for companies and the #finance sector in meeting global commitments and Brazil’s pledge to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030. 📅 Wednesday 11 December, 1pm (Brasilia) | 4pm (GMT) *Webinar in Portuguese with live English interpretation. Find out more -> https://lnkd.in/ezWC2NjQ Register -> bit.ly/floresta250 WWF-Brasil The Nature Conservancy  Conselho Empresarial Brasileiro para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Cebds) ICV - Instituto Centro de Vida Mighty Earth Imaflora

Participe do webinário de lançamento do Floresta 250 - Pecuária Para mudar a situação global do desmatamento, a pecuária é o setor mais influente e o Brasil, o país mais importante. 🐮 Floresta 250 - Pecuária, o novo projeto da Global Canopy, analisa as 250 empresas e instituições financeiras com maior capacidade de transformação das práticas da cadeia da pecuária brasileira. Será que essas organizações fazem o suficiente para evitar o desmatamento, a conversão de ecossistemas e os abusos de direitos humanos associados? Quais são as lacunas que dificultam ações concretas de mudança? 📢 Participe do webinário de lançamento da primeira avaliação de linha de base do Floresta 250 - Pecuária, que oferece dados transparentes para apoiar ações direcionadas e eficazes, inclusive para o setor financeiro. Ouça a Global Canopy e convidados especialistas sobre os desafios e oportunidades que empresas e instituições financeiras têm para cumprir os compromissos globais e brasileiros de interromper (e reverter) o desmatamento até 2030. 📅 Quarta-feira, 11 de dezembro, 13h (Brasília) | 16h (Londres) *Webinário em português com interpretação ao vivo em inglês. Saiba mais -> https://lnkd.in/esKFjTEV Inscreva-se -> https://lnkd.in/eyrMBYp4 WWF-Brasil The Nature Conservancy Conselho Empresarial Brasileiro para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Cebds) ICV - Instituto Centro de Vida Mighty Earth Imaflora

🌍 Deforestation and land-use changes drive 30% of global #biodiversity loss, posing material climate- and nature-related risks for financial institutions. To meet #climate and nature targets, financial institutions must integrate deforestation risk into their disclosures and reduce exposure to deforestation-linked companies. 🌳 Speaking at the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s training event on its ‘Deforestation Disclosure Guide for Financial Institutions’, Pei Chi Wong, Global Canopy's Finance Sector Guidance Lead, explained how the Finance Sector Roadmap can help financial institutions to take the necessary action to reduce exposure to #deforestation. 🗺 The Roadmap provides high-level guidance along a clear timeline for action to enable financial institutions to tackle deforestation, ecosystem conversion and associated #humanrights abuses, and to eliminate them from their portfolios within four years. Learn more about the Roadmap -> https://lnkd.in/ggRxAG2Q