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Plan 1.5 issued a statement criticizing the Climate Change Center for continuing a cookstove project in Myanmar despite the 2021 military coup, alleging that the project provides administrative legitimacy to the military junta and involves inflated carbon emission reductions.

The Center for International Environmental Law argues that the UNFCCC requires urgent reform to overcome the limitations of its consensus-based decision-making process, which allows a small number of countries to obstruct progress on fossil fuel phase-outs and climate finance.

A joint statement by environmental and Indigenous organizations criticizing the Government of Alberta's $46 million allocation for tar sands tailings remediation, arguing the funding is insufficient to address massive toxic liabilities and that industry water use is increasing despite government claims of efficiency.

This opinion piece by Nele Marien of Friends of the Earth International critiques the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Assessment on Businesses and Biodiversity. The author argues that the report erroneously assumes corporate ignorance is the primary barrier to biodiversity protection, whereas the actual driver is the profitability of destruction. Marien asserts that voluntary corporate actions and market-based instruments are ineffective and that only binding regulations and strict limits on corporate impacts can halt biodiversity loss.

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) submitted a commentary to the CleanBC independent review panel arguing that British Columbia's current climate strategy is insufficient to meet its legislated targets and fails to address public health risks associated with fossil fuel reliance. The document calls for an immediate moratorium on new fracking and LNG development, the elimination of gas connections in new buildings, and a shift toward sustainable transportation and zero-carbon construction to protect public health and achieve environmental justice.

This fact sheet by Zero Carbon Analytics analyzes the energy forecasts of the Institute for Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ), arguing that the institute projects unrealistically high future gas demand compared to the IEA, ExxonMobil, and BP. The document attributes these high forecasts to the IEEJ's assumptions regarding the high cost of renewables, a preference for thermal power as a backup, and an optimistic outlook for carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Friends of the Earth International issues a statement calling for a fundamental systemic change in biodiversity financing ahead of the COP16.2 meeting in Rome. The organization argues that current financial mechanisms are unjust, driven by destructive industries, and fail to support the most effective conservation actors, such as Indigenous peoples and local communities.

Natural Justice provides a critique of the proposed amendments to South Africa's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, 2014, published on 6 December 2024. The organization argues that while the amendments aim to reduce administrative 'red tape', they may weaken environmental oversight and community rights, particularly regarding seismic surveys, mining expansions, and fracturing activities.

This policy brief by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) evaluates the proposal that Canada should receive climate credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement for exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG). The author argues that such credits are likely impossible to obtain and environmentally unsound, as they would struggle to meet the 'additionality' requirement—proving that LNG exports directly caused a reduction in coal use abroad. The brief concludes that the only feasible path to such credits would involve costly subsidies and technology transfers that would contradict Canada's own climate policies and lock in fossil fuel infrastructure.

A statement by Friends of the Earth International, Transnational Institute, and IT for Change arguing that the current UN-led multilateral system has failed due to corporate capture and geopolitical conflict, and calling for a democratic global government to address climate and social crises.

A statement by Hon. Kerrie D. Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Barbados, delivered at the Global Review of Aid for Trade 2024. The speech critiques the 18-year history of the Aid for Trade initiative, arguing that its original assumptions failed to account for the volatility of development gradients, the climate crisis, and the extreme vulnerability of small island developing states.

The Stockholm Environment Institute criticizes the initial appointment of an all-male committee to organize COP29 in Azerbaijan, arguing that gender imbalances in climate leadership undermine climate justice and the effectiveness of climate actions.

This policy brief by Ember analyzes the findings of the Australian federal Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications' inquiry into the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill 2022. While the Committee acknowledged the significant climate impact of coal mine methane emissions, Ember argues that the final recommendations failed to mandate rigorous measurement standards or direct onsite mitigation, relying instead on a system of offsets and declining intensity baselines that may not sufficiently address methane's specific warming properties.

This research paper by Friends of the Earth International and the Global Youth Biodiversity Network critiques the 'Nature Positive' concept proposed for the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) Global Biodiversity Framework. The authors argue that the term is vaguely defined and promotes a 'net gain' accounting approach that justifies continued biodiversity destruction through ineffective compensatory measures, while marginalizing Indigenous peoples and local communities.

Friends of the Earth criticizes the USDA's allocation of $2.8 billion in funding for 70 projects under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, arguing that the grants provide corporate giveaways to major agribusinesses.

A statement by Friends of the Earth International and the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice criticizing the Bonn climate conference for a lack of concrete action, the failure of developed nations to provide loss and damage finance, and the promotion of 'false solutions' such as geoengineering and carbon markets.

A joint analysis by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and the Heinrich Boell Foundation examining the discrepancies between the IPCC Working Group III report's consensus and the mitigation pathways presented in its Summary for Policymakers.

The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) describes COP26 in Glasgow as a failure that prioritized 'false solutions' and corporate interests over the immediate action required to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The statement highlights the exclusion of civil society and Indigenous Peoples, the inadequacy of climate finance for the global South, and the failure of negotiated texts to commit to a full phase-out of fossil fuels, despite groundbreaking side-initiatives.

A statement by Friends of the Earth International arguing that 'Nature-based Solutions' (NbS) are a form of corporate greenwashing used by governments and companies to avoid deep emission cuts, potentially leading to land grabbing and human rights violations in the Global South.

Friends of the Earth International critiques the COP26 announcement by the UK, US, and 18 other countries to end public financing for overseas fossil fuel projects by the end of 2022, calling it hypocritical due to continued domestic extraction and a lack of climate finance for the Global South.