La promesa de la COP26 de acabar con la deforestacion

Friends of the Earth International criticizes the COP26 deforestation pledge as a 'greenwashing' effort similar to failed REDD+ initiatives. The organization contends that the reliance on carbon offsets and private financing—exemplified by the UK's funding of the LEAF coalition—enables corporations like Amazon and Unilever to continue emitting while risking land grabs in the Global South. The statement highlights contradictions, such as the EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement's impact on the Amazon and Brazil's treatment of indigenous peoples, and calls for binding human rights instruments and immediate emission cuts over market-based sinks.

• The COP26 commitment to stop deforestation is characterized as a rebranding of previous failed attempts to mask increasing carbon emissions and is described as hypocritical due to loopholes that allow high-polluting countries and companies to continue using fossil fuels.
• The funding mechanisms for the COP26 pledge are compared to discredited REDD+ initiatives, which are linked to large-scale land grabs and human rights violations globally. Specifically, 200 million pounds from the UK government support the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance (LEAF) coalition, which sells carbon offsets to companies including Amazon, Delta Airlines, Bayer, Unilever, and Black Rock.
• Previous global efforts, such as the New York Declaration to stop deforestation by 2030 and the Bonn Challenge to restore 350 million hectares of degraded land, are cited as failures; the latter saw nearly 50% of its 'restored' land become industrial tree plantations.
• The document identifies a contradiction where signatory countries promote deforestation through trade deals, such as the EU-MERCOSUR agreement which is expected to increase beef exports to the EU by 50%, driving deforestation in the Amazon.
• The author asserts that effective deforestation control requires binding human rights instruments—specifically UNDRIP and UNDROP—and immediate carbon emission reductions rather than relying on carbon sinks, private finance, or market-based offsets.

APA

FOEIAdmin (2021). La promesa de la COP26 de acabar con la deforestacion. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/la-promesa-de-la-cop26-de-acabar-con-la-deforestacion/

Chicago

FOEIAdmin. La promesa de la COP26 de acabar con la deforestacion. Friends of the Earth International, 2021. https://www.foei.org/es/la-promesa-de-la-cop26-de-acabar-con-la-deforestacion/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{foeiadmin2021promesa, author = {FOEIAdmin}, title = {{La promesa de la COP26 de acabar con la deforestacion}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2021}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/la-promesa-de-la-cop26-de-acabar-con-la-deforestacion/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }