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This report by the World Resources Institute evaluates the progress made one year after the COP26 summit in Glasgow. It tracks commitments across national emissions targets, renewable energy, climate finance, net-zero goals, the financial sector, methane reduction, deforestation, urban emissions, and electric vehicles, noting that progress is mixed and often hindered by geopolitical tensions and economic crises.

The 2022 Forest Declaration Assessment evaluates global progress toward the 2030 goals of halting deforestation and restoring 350 million hectares of degraded land. The report concludes that no global indicator is currently on track to meet these targets, noting that while some regional progress exists, radical transformations in finance, governance, and production are required to shift the global forest trajectory.

The October 2022 Executive Summary of the Forest Declaration Assessment evaluates global progress toward the 2030 goals of ending natural forest loss and degradation and restoring 350 million hectares of degraded forest land. The report concludes that no global indicator is currently on track to meet these targets, highlighting significant gaps in financing, corporate accountability, and governance.

The 2022 Forest Declaration Assessment executive summary evaluates global progress toward the 2030 goals of ending deforestation and restoring 350 million hectares of degraded land. The report concludes that the world is not on track to meet these targets, noting that global deforestation rates decreased only modestly in 2021 and that financial investments for forest protection remain critically insufficient.

This executive summary from the 2022 Forest Declaration Assessment evaluates global progress toward the 2030 goals of ending deforestation and restoring 350 million hectares of degraded land. The report concludes that the world is not on track to meet these targets, noting that no single global indicator is currently aligned with the 2030 objectives. It analyzes four key themes: fundamental forest goals, sustainable production and development, forest finance, and forest governance.

The 2022 Forest Declaration Assessment is a civil society-led independent evaluation of progress toward global goals to stop deforestation and restore 350 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. The report concludes that the world is not currently on track to meet these targets, highlighting significant gaps in funding, governance, and corporate action across the agricultural, extractive, and infrastructure sectors.

The 2022 Forest Declaration Assessment executive summary evaluates global progress toward the 2030 goals of halting deforestation and restoring 350 million hectares of degraded land. It concludes that no single global indicator is currently on track to meet these targets, highlighting critical gaps in finance, corporate action, and governance.

The October 2022 Theme 1 report by the Forest Declaration Assessment evaluates global progress toward two primary 2030 goals: ending the loss and degradation of natural forests and restoring 350 million hectares of degraded landscapes and forestlands. The report concludes that no global indicator is currently on track to meet these targets, though it identifies regional variations and specific country successes.

The 2022 Forest Declaration Assessment Theme 4 report evaluates global forest governance systems and their capacity to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. It finds that while some countries have implemented effective legal tools like moratoria and inclusive policies, overall progress is insufficient, with persistent issues including widespread corruption, tenure insecurity for Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and the rollback of environmental protections in several major tropical forest nations.

A case study by the World Resources Institute detailing how the use of Global Forest Watch satellite-based alerts by 36 Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon led to a 52% reduction in deforestation during the first year of a randomized control trial.

This research paper synthesizes evidence on agriculture-driven tropical deforestation, finding that while agriculture drove 90-99% of deforestation between 2011-2015, only 45-65% of that land became productive agriculture. The authors argue that international supply chain measures are limited because 33-50% of such deforestation does not result in managed land and roughly 75% of expansion is driven by domestic demand in producer countries, particularly in Africa.

This report argues that Brazilian public policy focuses excessively on clear-cut deforestation while overlooking forest degradation in the Amazon. The author contends that degradation—defined as the partial loss of vegetation—is a distinct phenomenon with its own drivers that contributes significantly more to greenhouse gas emissions and biomass loss than deforestation does, necessitating a shift in how Brazil monitors and reports environmental performance.

A statement by Jean McLean of the Green Economy Coalition emphasizing the critical role of youth activists in addressing climate, environmental, and economic crises, while calling for greater intergenerational collaboration to ensure the burden of change does not fall solely on the younger generation.

This report by Trend Asia challenges claims made by PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) regarding the effectiveness of biomass co-firing in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The analysis suggests that the transition to biomass, particularly wood pellets, may actually increase total emissions due to deforestation and the carbon debt created by replacing natural forests with energy plantations.

This research paper by Trend Asia critiques the Indonesian state electricity company's (PT PLN) claim that biomass co-firing in coal-fired power plants reduces greenhouse gas emissions. The author argues that the strategy increases overall emissions due to deforestation required for energy timber plantations and fails to reduce actual coal consumption.

A statement by Hemantha Withanage, President of Friends of the Earth International, analyzing the systemic collapse of Sri Lanka in 2022. The document attributes the nation's political instability, economic bankruptcy, and humanitarian crisis to a neoliberal, undemocratic regime led by the Rajapaksa family, characterized by corruption, illegitimate debt accumulation, and failed environmental and agricultural policies.

Friends of the Earth International issued a statement denouncing the 'Masacre de Guapoy', an illegal eviction of the Guaraní Kaiowá people in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, on June 24, 2022, carried out by the Military Police.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) proposes a 12-point action plan to decouple terrestrial infrastructure development from deforestation in the Amazon. The agenda focuses on three pillars: improving the public administration's decision-making process to anticipate socio-environmental analysis, enhancing the quality of socio-environmental studies, and increasing transparency in federal concessions.

The 'Roadmap for Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon' report by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) proposes a framework to decouple land transport infrastructure from deforestation in the Amazon. The report identifies systemic failures in the decision-making process, the quality of socio-environmental studies, and transparency, offering twelve specific recommendations to improve project viability and reduce environmental risks.

This policy brief from the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the UK's reliance on soy imports, primarily for livestock feed, and the associated risks of deforestation and supply chain instability.