When: 16 November 2026
As COP31 enters its decisive second week, Global Forest Coalition, HOME Alliance and Biomass Action Network of EPN sound the alarm on false solutions and dangerous distractions that risk undermining efforts to reduce emissions.
A new report (link will be live 7 AM TRT on Monday, 16 November) by The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (The RSPB) reveals that over 6 billion tonnes of biomass emissions could have gone missing since 1990. This reaffirms that net-zero cannot be reached if burning wood for energy continues.
HOME Alliance further warns about other false solutions that are entering the negotiations, such as Carbon Dioxide Removal methods. These geoengineering methods, including land-based geoengineering, fail to reduce emissions and harm ecosystems and local communities through displacement, land grabbing, loss of livelihoods, and other harms. As we face a breach of 1.5 degrees, at COP31, the Global North needs to take responsibility and commit to rapid emission reductions, not pursue risky, unproven technological proposals that further impose negative impacts on the Global South.
Date: Monday 16 November
Time: 15:00-15:30 (TRT)
Room: Press Conference 2
Speakers:
- Matt Williams – Independent expert
- Ruairi Brogan – The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- Janaina Uemura – Global Forest Coalition | Biomass Action Network
- Kwami Kpondzo – HOME Alliance | Biomass Action Network | Global Forest Coalition
Moderator:
Janaina Uemura – Global Forest Coalition | Biomass Action Network
Media contacts
Matt Williams: mattadamwilliams@gmail.com, +44 (0) 785 457 5690
Ruairi Brogan, RSPB: ruairi.brogan@rspb.org.uk, +44 (0) 7725 216 483
Reija Mikkola, Campaigns and Policy Coordinator, Biomass Action Network: reija@environmentalpaper.org
Neha Gupta, Hands Off Mother Earth (HOME) Alliance: comms@handsoffmotherearth.org
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