open-letter-to-the-uk-prime-minister-on-deforestation-and-the-amazon-2bfef322c12ef659.pdf

The document is an open letter to the UK Prime Minister calling for amendments to the Environment Bill to ensure UK supply chains and finance are not complicit in any form of deforestation, regardless of legality in producer countries. The authors argue that the UK must protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and set a global environmental footprint target by 2030 to support the 1.5°C climate target and protect the Amazon biome.

• The coalition argues that the UK Government's proposal in the Environment Bill to limit due diligence to 'illegal' deforestation is insufficient, as it could inadvertently endorse efforts by the Brazilian government to legalise the deforestation of the Amazon.
• UK financial institutions are identified as a major driver of global deforestation, having provided £5 billion in financing to six agribusinesses linked to deforestation in climate-critical forests between 2013 and 2019.
• The letter emphasizes that protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples is the most effective way to stop deforestation, noting that 45% of intact forest in the Amazon is located on Indigenous-occupied land.
• The authors call for the UK to introduce a legal requirement to set a target for significantly reducing its global environmental footprint of consumption and production by 2030.

APA

ClientEarth (2021). open-letter-to-the-uk-prime-minister-on-deforestation-and-the-amazon-2bfef322c12ef659.pdf. https://www.clientearth.org/media/kgwhe0yw/open-letter-to-the-uk-prime-minister-on-deforestation-and-the-amazon.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. open-letter-to-the-uk-prime-minister-on-deforestation-and-the-amazon-2bfef322c12ef659.pdf. 2021. https://www.clientearth.org/media/kgwhe0yw/open-letter-to-the-uk-prime-minister-on-deforestation-and-the-amazon.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2021openlettertotheukprimeministerondeforestationandtheamazon2bfef322c12ef659pdf, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{open-letter-to-the-uk-prime-minister-on-deforestation-and-the-amazon-2bfef322c12ef659.pdf}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/kgwhe0yw/open-letter-to-the-uk-prime-minister-on-deforestation-and-the-amazon.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }