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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 NewClimate Institute criticizes Switzerland's bilateral agreements with Georgia, Peru, Senegal, and Ghana, arguing that by targeting 'low-hanging fruit' mitigation projects to offset its own emissions, Switzerland sets a poor precedent that undermines the ambition-raising goals of the Paris Agreement and restricts the ability of host countries to meet their own climate targets.

Ember's response to National Grid's FES2022 call for evidence challenges the assumption that biomass burning is carbon neutral and questions the reliability of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) for delivering negative emissions.

Friends of the Earth International and over 500 other organizations are boycotting the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), arguing that the event is a corporate-led effort to maintain control over food governance through false solutions and undemocratic processes.

Friends of the Earth International issued a statement denouncing the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) as a 'farce' and a tool for corporate and Northern power. The organization announced a boycott of the UNFSS and the organization of a counter-event, the 'People's Summit to transform corporate food systems,' involving over 500 organizations to advocate for agroecology and food sovereignty.

Friends of the Earth International issued a statement boycotting the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), characterizing it as a tool for corporate and philanthropic control over food governance. The organization, alongside over 500 other entities, organized an alternative 'People's Summit' to advocate for agroecology and food sovereignty over commercial technological solutions.

The editors of the journal Climate and Development critique a Reuters list of 1,000 influential climate change scholars, highlighting significant gender and geographic imbalances and calling for systemic changes in academic publishing and citation practices.

A statement from WRI Brasil analyzing President Jair Bolsonaro's climate commitments made during the Leaders Summit on Climate, noting a contradiction between the announced goals and the administration's actual environmental actions.

This policy brief by the Institute for Economic Justice examines the South African government's strategy to mobilize up to R1 trillion in private sector financing for infrastructure via an Infrastructure Fund over 10 years. The document critiques the 'de-risking' mechanisms used to attract private capital—such as blended finance, public-private partnerships (PPPs), and the conversion of infrastructure into asset classes—arguing that they often transfer excessive risk to the public fiscus and may fail to deliver developmental outcomes.

This report by Friends of the Earth International identifies and critiques 'false solutions' to the biodiversity and climate crises, specifically those based on the financialization of nature. The document argues that these mechanisms, such as carbon credits and biodiversity offsets, do not address the root causes of environmental destruction but instead reinforce the dominant capitalist economic system and the power of multinational corporations.

The World Resources Institute criticizes Japan's updated nationally determined contribution (NDC), stating it fails to increase ambition from the 2015 target and ignores significant economic opportunities and climate risks.

A statement by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) outlining the critical requirements for COP-25 in Madrid to maintain credibility and effectiveness. The authors argue that the conference must move beyond baseline expectations to deliver rights-based climate action, increase national ambition for 2020, and ensure that carbon trading mechanisms do not repeat the failures of the Kyoto Protocol.

A statement by environmental organizations opposing the negotiated NAFTA 2.0 deal, arguing that it fails to meet baseline environmental criteria and instead protects corporate polluters while undermining climate and pollution protections.

A statement by Friends of the Earth International and the World Rainforest Movement, signed by over 100 organizations, denouncing the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for failing to eliminate violence and environmental destruction over 14 years of operation.

This briefing by Friends of the Earth International argues that agroecology is a viable solution to combat global hunger and climate change, contrasting it with 'climate-smart agriculture,' which the author describes as a corporate-led 'false solution' that maintains industrial production models.

Dr. Ranajit (Ron) Sahu provides a critique of the revised Atmospheric Impact Report (AIR) for the proposed Thabametsi Power Plant, asserting that the revised document fails to address most technical deficiencies identified in a previous review of the April 2018 AIR.

The Center for International Environmental Law criticizes the Trump Administration's Safe Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule, arguing that loosening carbon emissions standards for 2021-2026 and rolling back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program undermines climate goals and ignores global market trends toward low-carbon vehicles.

Dr. Andrew Steer, President & CEO of the World Resources Institute, critiques President Trump's first State of the Union address for failing to link extreme weather to climate change and for prioritizing fossil fuels over renewable energy markets.

Friends of the Earth criticizes a Department of Energy study on electrical grid reliability, arguing it ignores climate change and serves as a pretext to subsidize the coal and nuclear industries.

A statement by Friends of the Earth International criticizing the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's 2017 theme of tourism, arguing that mass tourism causes severe environmental degradation and human rights abuses rather than protecting biodiversity.