Friends of the Earth International was one of organizations present at the World Social Forum in Belem. The federation organized a seminar on Plantations, REDD and Privatization at the Federal University of Para (UFPA). Listen to the audio.

Current rates of deforestation suggest there will hardly be any tropical forests left in 20 years. Sixty percent of the rainforests, which survived for 50 million consecutive years, are already gone.

After two weeks of negotiations, United Nations climate talks are closing with rich industrialized countries squarely to blame for failing to live up to their obligations says Friends of the Earth International.

Members of Climate Justice Now! – a worldwide alliance of more than 160 organisations - have been in Poznan for the past two weeks closely following developments in the UN climate negotiations.

The Group of 77 and China has told Ministers at the Poznan climate talks that there is a likelihood of failure in meeting the objective of the Bali Action Plan, unless there is a radical change in approach and mindset and serious confidence building measures.

The Ministerial segment of the Poznan climate talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was launched by an opening ceremony featuring the UN Secretary General, the Polish President and the government leaders of Guyana, Tuvalu and Sweden.

As Ministers arrive in Poznań for the final negotiations of the two-week annual global conference on climate change, trade unions are stepping up their efforts to get just transition, green jobs, trade union consultation and assistance for developing countries included in a strong and ambitious final document to be adopted by the UN body dealing with climate change, the UNFCCC.

New report urges "fresh look" at Latin American solutions.

Leading environment groups have opposed plans to hand over financing to check climate change to the World Bank.

The contact group on mitigation at its second meeting dealt with the issue of what are “measurable, reportable and verifiable” (MRVs) mitigation actions of developed and developing countries under the Bali Action Plan (BAP).