September 3, 2025
Written by Janaina Uemura, coordinator of BAN’s Latin America working group and Davi Martins, BAN’s International Advocacy Campaigner. At the end of August 2025, the vibrant port city of Valparaíso, Chile, became a convergence point for climate justice movements and NGOs at the 4th Climate Justice Latam and the Caribbean Meeting (Cuarto Encuentro Latinoamericano y […]
Read MoreAugust 29, 2025
On 21st October groups all around the world took part in the Biomass Action Network’s annual day of action to raise awareness of the impacts of the biomass industry. Here is the round up of the day with photos of international actions and events. This year our main message to governments is to stop giving […]
Read MoreAugust 19, 2025
A Hike Through the Mountains As a frequent user of metaphors, I often compare my work at EPN to a hike through the mountains. It’s an environmental journey with a long trail ahead: our planet is in a climate and biodiversity crisis, and as temperatures continue to reach record highs, we face extreme weather, natural […]
Read MoreJuly 31, 2025
World’s largest biomass certifier allows forest destruction and rising emissions under the guise of clean energy A new international report released today warns that forests worldwide are being cut down and burned for energy, and falsely labeled as “sustainable.” The Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP), the world’s most prominent certifier of biomass, is approving wood linked […]
Read MoreJuly 25, 2025
Behind Brazil’s global image as a land of natural abundance—and the host of this year’s international climate summit—lies a stark reality: centuries of violence, dispossession, and resistance in the countryside. The Atlas of Conflicts in the Brazilian Countryside, published by the Pastoral Land Commission (a Catholic Church-affiliated organization), documents more than 50,000 land and water […]
Read MoreJuly 24, 2025
The Environmental Paper Network, along with a coalition of civil society organizations from Indonesia, the U.S., and Canada, is condemning the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) decision to lift its suspension of Asia Pulp & Paper’s (APP) Remedy Process. This premature move undermines the FSC’s own commitments to transparency and accountability and risks enabling greenwash for […]
Read MoreJuly 21, 2025
Reflecting on his time at the recent Climate Negotiations, Davi Martins (BAN’s Biomass Advocacy Campaigner) warns that real solutions like forest protection, genuine renewable energy, and community-led justice cannot wait. The countdown to Belém has begun, and with it, the final test of global climate solidarity. The Biomass Action Network demands that COP30 must deliver […]
Read MoreJuly 17, 2025
Environmental Paper Network (EPN), Fern, BankTrack and the Estonian Council of Environmental NGOs (EKO) are jointly calling on European and international banks and investors not to finance Viru Keemia Grupp/VKG’s planned pulp mill in northeastern Estonia’s Ida-Viru County. A new report published today outlines the devastating effects this pulp mill could have on Estonian nature. […]
Read MoreJuly 7, 2025
Seattle, WA: In a new report, the Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) estimates that clearcutting over 32,000 acres of boreal forests in Ontario to produce pulp for toilet paper made in the US generates over 3.8 million tons of carbon pollution each year. This is equivalent to what is emitted by over 824,000 gas-powered passenger […]
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