La promesa de la COP26 de acabar con la deforestacion

Friends of the Earth International criticizes the COP26 commitment to end deforestation, characterizing it as a superficial effort that allows major polluters to continue emitting carbon through carbon offsets and market-based mechanisms rather than implementing regulatory action and protecting indigenous rights.

• The COP26 commitment to stop deforestation is viewed as a rebranding of previous failed attempts to mask increasing carbon emissions, mirroring the discredited REDD+ initiatives that led to land grabbing and human rights violations.
• The UK government has allocated 200 million pounds to the Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance (LEAF) coalition, which enables companies such as Amazon, Delta Airlines, Bayer, Unilever, and Black Rock to use avoided deforestation carbon credits to offset emissions instead of stopping them.
• Previous global initiatives, 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; in the latter, nearly 50% of the 'restored' land consisted of industrial tree plantations.
• The document argues that the COP26 commitment is too vague to be enforceable and is undermined by contradictory trade agreements, such as the EU-MERCOSUR free trade agreement, which is expected to increase beef exports to the EU by 50%, driving deforestation in the Amazon.
• Effective climate action requires immediate carbon emission reductions and the protection of indigenous and local community rights through binding instruments like UNDRIP and UNDROP, rather than relying on market-based offsets or private financing.

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

{{cite press release |last1=FOEIAdmin |title=La promesa de la COP26 de acabar con la deforestacion |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=3 November 2021 |url=https://www.foei.org/es/la-promesa-de-la-cop26-de-acabar-con-la-deforestacion/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

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} }