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This statement by Friends of the Earth International expresses solidarity with the residents of Wadas, Indonesia, following a police and military crackdown on February 8, 2022. The violence is linked to a long-standing conflict over an andesite mining project intended to support the construction of the Bener dam.

This working paper provides an overview of climate commitments and actions by non-state and subnational actors in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a specific focus on the land use sector and the Amazon region.

This research paper examines the social dimensions of bioeconomy promotion through a "just transition" lens, specifically analyzing bio-based production systems in Brazil, India, and Indonesia. It argues that while the bioeconomy is framed as a tool for climate and socioeconomic goals, it has largely promoted unjust production systems that benefit agribusiness while marginalizing traditional and local communities.

The NYDF Platform welcomes the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration's commitment to halt deforestation by 2030 but warns that current progress is insufficient. Citing seven years of data, the Platform notes that forest loss has increased and financing remains inadequate, urging a shift from commitments to concrete action using the NYDF's ten-goal framework.

This report by RMI explores the potential for state and local governments in the United States to develop solar energy projects on closed and inactive landfills to advance clean energy and community revitalization.

This report finds that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is primarily driven by land grabbing rather than meat demand. Unlike other regions of Brazil where cattle growth increases land prices, in the Amazon, cattle expansion is associated with falling land prices and increased pasture degradation, reflecting an extensive, low-productivity business model fueled by the illegal occupation of public lands.

This October 2021 report evaluates progress toward Goal 7 of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF), focusing on national climate action for forests. While it acknowledges the Paris Agreement's confirmation of the role of forests in the international climate agenda, it concludes that current efforts are insufficient to end deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The document provides a comprehensive set of recommendations for governments to strengthen ambition, increase financing, and implement six specific strategies to protect and manage forests sustainably.

This October 2021 report evaluates progress toward Goal 7 of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF), focusing on national climate actions for forests. While it acknowledges that the Paris Agreement confirmed the role of forests in the international climate agenda, the report concludes that current efforts are insufficient to end forest loss and associated greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. It provides a comprehensive set of recommendations for governments to improve forest climate mitigation through six key strategies: strengthening land-use governance, securing Indigenous peoples and local communities' rights, aligning financial incentives, promoting multi-stakeholder collaboration, ensuring robust monitoring, and expanding demand-side measures for forest-risk commodities.

The Adaptation Benefits Mechanism (ABM) is a results-based financing instrument that uses grants to repay commercial investors based on third-party valuations of adaptation benefits, specifically targeting private investment in projects such as land use and forestry.

This briefing by RMI argues that reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States is essential for meeting climate goals, as transportation is the country's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. The document outlines how systemic changes in land use, transportation pricing, and roadway design can reduce reliance on personal vehicles and mitigate the societal harms of urban sprawl.

This report outlines the development of a UK government indicator (K1) designed to measure the overseas environmental impacts of UK consumption of key commodities, as required by the UK's 25-year environment plan.

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes the specific characteristics of rural credit in the Brazilian Amazon biome, highlighting a heavy reliance on cattle production, limited access to credit compared to other Brazilian regions, and a lack of competition among financial institutions. The analysis suggests that these financial structures contribute to extensive land use and deforestation, advocating for a credit system better aligned with the Forest Code and sustainability indicators.

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes the potential for increasing cattle productivity in the Legal Amazon. It finds that current livestock production is homogeneously low-productivity and extensive, meaning that simply disseminating existing local best practices would only yield modest gains. The authors argue that significant productivity increases require a new business model involving technologies not yet used at scale and a crackdown on land grabbing and illegal deforestation.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative/PUC-Rio analyzes the productivity of livestock farming in the Legal Amazon. It finds that the region is dominated by a homogeneous, low-productivity extensive business model, meaning that simply scaling existing local best practices would yield limited gains. The authors argue that significant productivity increases require a new business model involving technologies not yet used at scale and the combatting of land grabbing (grilagem).

This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes a new substitute text for Bill PL nº 2633/2020, which proposes changes to land regularization rules in Brazil. The authors evaluate the proposal's impact on environmental safeguards, administrative procedures, and the alignment between land and environmental policies.

This fact sheet describes a project by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) in Myanmar’s Upper Chindwin Basin designed to protect Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) and secure sustainable livelihoods through improved land and water management practices.

This technical note by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes Bill (PL) No. 2633/2020, which proposes changes to the legal framework for land regularization of federal public lands in Brazil. The authors argue that the proposed environmental safeguards are insufficient and ineffective, potentially rewarding illegal deforestation by granting titles without requiring the regularization of environmental liabilities.

This document is a response from Ember to a call for evidence regarding Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) technologies, specifically focusing on the risks, constraints, and costs associated with Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS).

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes the impacts of rural credit on agricultural production and land use across Brazilian biomes between 2002 and 2018. It finds that increased credit availability generally boosts productivity and can reduce deforestation pressures, particularly in the Amazon and Cerrado, by shifting land use from pasture to crops.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes the impact of rural credit on agricultural production and land use across Brazilian biomes from 2002 to 2018. It finds that increased credit supply generally boosts agricultural production and productivity while reducing deforestation pressures, particularly in the Amazon and Cerrado, by shifting land use from pasture to crops.