The ILO resolution recognizes the strong connection between human trafficking, forced labor, slavery and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
We are living at the last possible moment in human history when we can do something about climate change, or fail to do so, thereby denying hundreds of millions of people a livable future. This is not hyperbole. This is our call to action.
Protection of our forests and natural lands plays a critical role in fighting climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and storing incredible amounts of carbon. As the window to rapidly draw down greenhouse gas emissions closes, corporations and governments are increasingly eyeing forests as a natural climate solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by drawing them from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass, soil and other organic material.
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