Rainforest Action Network

BREAKING! The 17th #BankingOnClimateChaos report reveals that fossil fuel financing from the world’s top 65 banks has reached $8.7 TRILLION over the last decade. Instead of investing in a livable future, big banks are driving pollution & climate devastation. Learn more: bankingonclimatechaos.org

#COP17: At the UN biodiversity summit in #Armenia, RAN staff joined global activists in pointing out the elephants in the room policymakers are refusing to address🐘 Current economic policies incentivize extraction, drive false solutions, & allow rampant investment in forest-destroying activities!

The power of the people! 🙌 Thousands of activists are in the streets to demand the Indonesian government address the fire crisis. These fires have historically been driven by industrial land clearing for palm oil plantations. It's time to hold these companies accountable! https://nyti.ms/4sgB358

❗ The fires in #Indonesia are still raging, and getting WORSE. While 895,650 hectares (2.2 million acres) burned in August, 1.92 ​million hectares (4.74 million acres) have burned as September, ​according to data from Nusantara Atlas. https://reut.rs/4jAn2gl

The World Bank withdrew a $20 million loan to feed mill company, Grupo Agronorte 🎉 Its operations have been linked to illegal deforestation & land conflicts. Apináje activists had expressed concern that the loan would ramp up soy production in a region already under threat. https://bit.ly/4zMnZXR

Fires in Africa are worsening. Greenpeace data suggests there are more areas experiencing increasing fire activity than declining fire activity. The Congo Basin is the world’s best-preserved rainforest but the DRC, which holds 60% of the basin's forests, is seeing more fires. https://bit.ly/3UCQjgg

Finance is flowing in the wrong direction. In 2023, USD $7.3tn flowed to nature-negative activities, versus USD $220bn for nature-based solutions. We cannot close the biodiversity finance gap while harmful finance keeps flowing. See the latest report at ForestsAndFinance.org/RegulatingFinance2026

Our campaigners are on the ground at the UN biodiversity summit #COP17 armed with data: $595 BILLION was provided to high-risk agriculture & mining companies since 2020. We're making one thing clear: the only way to truly address biodiversity collapse is to regulate finance! https://bit.ly/4BcRMul

NEW REPORT: Banks have poured USD $595 billion into high-risk mining and agribusiness across the tropics since 2020. The result: annual fires and toxic haze, ecosystems on the brink of collapse and widespread human rights abuses. https://reut.rs/4hYqO0t

Banks can’t claim to protect nature while financing companies linked to deforestation, peatland destruction, pollution and rights abuses. We know where the money is going. We know the risks. And we know voluntary commitments aren’t closing the gap. We need regulation. forestsandfinance.org/bobc2026

$595,000,000,000. That’s how much banks have financed companies driving biodiversity destruction in tropical regions since 2016. Finance is fueling the crisis. It’s time to hold banks accountable. Learn more in the latest "Banking on Biodiversity Collapse" report: forestsandfinance.org/bobc2026

Join us on October 18th for a panel discussion about how ordinary people can change international systems of corporate and social injustice. Our panel will feature Prof. David Benac, author of “A History of Rainforest Action Network and Transnational Organizing" RSVP: https://bit.ly/4yfGtij

The Supreme Court is hearing "Suncor Energy v. Boulder County," which will determine whether communities can hold oil & gas companies financially responsible in state court for fueling climate change. We're on Boulder's side with this one: polluters must pay! https://bit.ly/3Vr7Fgm

In first half of this year alone, ~1.5 million acres of forest burned in #Indonesia. And with Super El Niño strengthening, the worst may be yet to come. Meanwhile, Indonesians risk their lives to fight fires and protect their homes and livelihoods. 💚 https://bit.ly/4zjtZad

Wow. They said the quiet part out loud. Banks are focused on one thing only: profit. Even as they dump billions into fossil fuels, they’ve “accepted” we won't limit warming and will pivot to profiting off of future necessities, like air conditioning. https://bit.ly/4hIwziP

Scientists have found that forests might not actually take centuries to recover from deforestation, but rather mere decades. But the regrowth of forests depends on biodiversity. Studies show animals return to the forest before trees do and they help the habitat recover 💚 https://nyti.ms/4cRuyOZ

Burns, dehydration, smoke inhalation – the fires in #Indonesia severely affect orangutans. Mama Abu and her eight-month-old baby were saved last month from a palm oil concession. These concessions worsen fires, as the dried peatland underneath becomes highly flammable. https://bit.ly/4z96IYz

Consumer goods giant, Procter & Gamble, just announced its approach to protecting Human Rights Defenders. While the disclosure itself is somewhat limited, the process P&G engaged in – consulting with frontline Defenders and civil society orgs – sets an industry precedent. https://bit.ly/4jyWfRt

Coal? Still?? New data shows that UK banks provided $8.3 billion (£6.2 billion) in coal financing since 2021. German banks providing nearly $5 billion and French banks providing $3.4 billion in the same period. #DefundClimateChaos https://bit.ly/4iYCKlg

Around 9,000 Indigenous activists & allies rallied in Toronto last week to demand justice for the Grassy Narrows First Nation community, who have experienced mercury poisoning since the 1960s. Today, wastewater from the Dryden Paper Mill is still impacting them. #FreeGrassy https://bit.ly/4ztd6Kv

NEW REPORT: TotalEnergies is Europe’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer. But 71% of TotalEnergies' recent LNG into Europe came from the United States and Russia – while Putin and Trump attack and threaten Europe. Learn more from our partners @oilchange.org: https://bit.ly/3TwZaiX

New report exposes the true cost of gas expansion across the Asia-Pacific ⚠️ It spotlights 5 community leaders along the gas supply chain, from points of extraction in Australia & Papua New Guinea to the industrial complexes in Thailand & South Korea 🌏 🔗 More here: https://tr.ee/U7qQDEhNz4

We’re excited to partner with Mill Valley Film Festival! THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH is a visually stunning and emotionally gripping documentary about the fight to save Indonesia’s #LeuserEcosystem, one of the world’s last great rainforests, from the palm oil boom. OCT 1-11 Get tickets: www.mvff.com/

In 2025, just 12 banks provided almost 40% of ALL fossil fuel funding from banks worldwide. That’s right, a dozen dirty banks are responsible for well over a third of the $906 billion poured into fossil fuels last year. See where your bank falls on the list: bankingonclimatechaos.org

The food industry is dominated by just a handful of companies. The bigger these giants get, the more they are able to evade accountability, and destroy our planet NOT to feed society, but to fatten their own wallets. Learn more in @foeus.bsky.social's latest project: foodlandmoney.org

Thank you @climatetown.bsky.social for covering such an important topic! The global demand for #PalmOil is driving deforestation in rainforests around the world. And in turn, forest destruction is contributing to the climate crisis. Learn more: youtu.be/roIOgtrjFGU

Join us at a #NYClimateWeek screening of our new documentary, The Last Place on Earth, a gripping story of the #LeuserEcosystem – a 6.4 million acre forest where tigers, elephants, rhinos & orangutans still roam free. When: Fri, Sept 25, 6pm Where: The People's Forum NYC RSVP: ran.org/LastPlaceNYC

The fires in Indonesia aren't an accident. They're a result of the slash-and-burn technique used to clear land for industrial palm oil plantations. Since January, more than 895,657 hectares have been burned across Indonesia, according to data from Nusantara Atlas. https://bit.ly/3TjyphR

ExxonMobil: Hey, society is wayyy past being able to lower carbon emissions enough to meet our goals for 2050. Also ExxonMobil: More oil, anyone? 🥴 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-raises-2050-global-emissions-forecast-sees-slower-coal-decline-2026-09-17/

Fires in West Kalimantan are threatening orangutan habitat. One 657-hectare forest is home to 60 Bornean orangutans. It's unclear how many are left. These fires are driven partially by industrial expansion for palm oil & timber, with companies using fire to clear lands. https://bit.ly/3TNtdmJ

Indonesian women are at the frontlines of fires in Kalimantan 🔥 💪 The Power of Mama is the first female firefighting team. The group is made up of 146 women from 10 different villages in West Kalimantan, Borneo. Their goal is to protect the forest & fight the patriarchy 💚 https://bit.ly/4xrOGzl

Each year @globalwitness.org dives into the data of how many land and environmental defenders are killed or disappeared each year – and the numbers are always harrowing. Last year alone, 124 land defenders were killed 💔 https://bit.ly/474cdM0

This is why we must challenge corporate power. As regulators gear up to implement the European Union Deforestation Regulation (#EUDR), American and Canadian industry groups spend millions of dollars to exempt North American timber and paper goods from rules. https://mongabay.cc/FGPUiX

Representative Harriet Hageman is seeking to block lawsuits that attempt to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for their climate destruction. Nearly 200 climate organizations are urging Democratic leaders in Congress to oppose any form of legal protection for Big Oil! bit.ly/4cPCdOJ

The crisis in Kalimantan is not over❗🔥 Fires have now started in Nusantara, Indonesia's new capitol city. Not only is this destroying precious forest, orangutan habitat, and releasing carbon, but it's a direct result of industrial clearing of forests. https://bit.ly/3VgZvqB

In Brazil, a proposed 1-GW AI data center has blindsided residents in Paracatu, where groundwater demand already exceeds 100%. The massive project threatens fragile Cerrado springs in a region plagued by water conflicts, highlighting the global footprint of the AI energy boom. 🧵

A new @nrdc.org report exposes how the tissue industry is tied to ongoing harm in #GrassyNarrows “We want to restore a healthy future and our way of life for the next generation.” — Chief Sherry Ackabee of Grassy Narrows www.nrdc.org/stories/toil... #FreeGrassy

Trump's EPA is giving power plants a free pass on climate pollution, while undermining the government's authority to act. The move comes after its repeal of the endangerment finding for vehicles, which we're currently challenging in court.​

Another disappointment... The Trump administration is repealing rules that limit GHG emissions from oil & gas power plants, which make up a QUARTER of the nation's climate pollution. These rules prevent thousands of deaths and billions of dollars each year in climate damage. https://bit.ly/4AesyLl

Bornean orangutans are in danger❗Fires in Kalimantan are destroying their habitat at alarming rates. These orangutans are also suffering severe health impacts from smoke inhalation 💔 Bornean orangutans are critically endangered. Another reason to #KeepForestsStanding https://bit.ly/4AdDwB0

We've been monitoring the Singkil peat swamp & wildlife reserve, known as the "Orangutan Capital of the World." Our investigations found that the peat swamp is being cleared & drained for #PalmOil plantations. These images show exactly what's at risk. Which is your favorite? https://bit.ly/46S5pRw

Studies find that forests with greater tree diversity can better withstand heat, drought, and flooding, and can recover faster. This is why biodiversity is so important! Meanwhile, companies are out here planting monoculture plantations of #PalmOil 🙃 #KeepForestsStanding https://bit.ly/46PscgK

Trump's infamous border wall is destroying the local ecosystem and Indigenous sacred sites. Who would have thought? 🙄 "Every saguaro [cactus] out there we look at as a person...we take care of it and it takes care of us" –Verlon Jose, Chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation https://bit.ly/4gSoJCQ

JBIC will investigate complaints filed by TX community leaders over Freeport LNG's health & safety risks!🎉 JBIC provided a $2.6 billion loan in support of the project "The only responsible outcome of this investigation is to cut off financing for Freeport LNG" –Melanie Oldham https://bit.ly/4cuO70b

Nearly a decade ago, scientists gave us a goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius for limiting global heating. Now, it's estimated that warming will reach 1.8 degrees Celsius. Every increment of heating will intensify climate disaster. If this isn't a wake up call, we don't know what is. https://bit.ly/4xhGVfp

The recent flooding disaster in #Nepal was caused by melting glaciers in the Himalayas loosening the rocky mountainsides. The glacier collapse read as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake. As climate change worsens, more of these flash floods are prone to happen. https://cnn.it/3UxpJVE

Climate disasters are pushing insurance companies across the U.S. to abandon their customers. It's no longer profitable for them to do what they promised to – protect us from risk. And yet they continue to insure the RISKIEST sector of all: fossil fuels... #InsureOurFuture https://wapo.st/4ie5upD

In the last 40 years, 9% of forests across the American West have died, mostly due to wildfires. Fires have turned from natural processes of ecosystem management, to crises, due to a combination of climate change and human interference with natural fires. https://bit.ly/469psL3

You don't want to miss this. Award-winning documentary #Yanuni is now streaming on YouTube’ Directed by Richard Ladkani & co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Juma Xipaia, YANUNI follows Juma Xipaia and her fight to protect the Amazon 💚🌴 Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=RhDdAONYZeQ #AmazonDay