El clima y la biodiversidad en caída libre

The document analyzes how climate change accelerates biodiversity loss and how the loss of ecosystems further destabilizes the climate. It critiques 'false solutions' such as monoculture tree plantations, carbon offsets, and geoengineering, arguing they often cause more harm than good. The report calls for a systemic shift toward agroecology, community-led energy transitions, and the protection of Indigenous rights.

• Climate change and biodiversity loss create a feedback loop where each accelerates the other. Rising temperatures cause catastrophic biodiversity losses, while the loss of biomass reduces the planet's capacity to store carbon, potentially leading to critical tipping points such as the Amazon rainforest becoming a carbon source rather than a sink.
• Large-scale tree planting initiatives often rely on monocultures of fast-growing species like acacia and eucalyptus, which the report describes as 'green deserts'. These plantations are less effective at capturing carbon than natural forests, are more prone to pests and wildfires, and can destroy native ecosystems like savannas and grasslands.
• Carbon offset mechanisms, including REDD+, are criticized as ineffective and often fraudulent. The report claims that many projects generate 'phantom credits' by overestimating avoided emissions or displacing deforestation elsewhere, which allows polluters to continue emitting while claiming 'net-zero' status.
• Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are frequently used by major corporations as 'greenwashing' tools to justify continued fossil fuel use. The report argues that NbS are often conflated with carbon offsets and fail to follow a true ecosystem-based approach, prioritizing private investment over ecological integrity.
• Geoengineering and Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) pose severe risks to biodiversity. BECCS requires vast amounts of land (potentially 100 to 1,500 million hectares by 2050), which threatens food security and Indigenous land rights, while carbon leakage from underground storage could contaminate groundwater.
• Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) and women are disproportionately affected by both the climate crisis and the 'false solutions' implemented to address it. These communities often face land grabbing and human rights violations to make way for carbon offsets, plantations, and energy infrastructure.

APA

Marien, N. (2025). El clima y la biodiversidad en caída libre. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SP_Clima-y-Biodiversidad-en-caida-libre_Amigos-de-la-Tierra.pdf

Chicago

Marien, Nele. El clima y la biodiversidad en caída libre. Friends of the Earth International, 2025. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SP_Clima-y-Biodiversidad-en-caida-libre_Amigos-de-la-Tierra.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{marien2025clima, author = {Marien, Nele}, title = {{El clima y la biodiversidad en caída libre}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2025}, month = apr, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/SP_Clima-y-Biodiversidad-en-caida-libre_Amigos-de-la-Tierra.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }