Jennifer Skene
@jenskene.bsky.social
Working toward policies fostering global forest accountability @ NRDC. Clinical lecturer @ YLS. Corgi mom.
I have an op-ed in The Guardian today about the dangers of forest policy that fails to hold the most powerful accountable. The U.S. is highlighting just how urgently our system, built on the assumption that the Global North is a responsible actor, needs to change. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Logging is quietly ravaging US forests. Trump is taking an axe to protections
Unsustainable logging is one of the global north’s best-kept secrets. We’re running out of time to stop it
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April 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I have an op-ed in The Guardian today about the dangers of forest policy that fails to hold the most powerful accountable. The U.S. is highlighting just how urgently our system, built on the assumption that the Global North is a responsible actor, needs to change. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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March 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The ICJ proceedings are a fascinating "masks-off" moment for developed countries. Stripped of the cover of UNFCCC jargon and procedures, and isolated from the comfort of collective cop-outs, the wealthiest countries are starkly monologuing their indifference to business-as-usual's global toll. 1/3
December 6, 2024 at 6:16 PM
The ICJ proceedings are a fascinating "masks-off" moment for developed countries. Stripped of the cover of UNFCCC jargon and procedures, and isolated from the comfort of collective cop-outs, the wealthiest countries are starkly monologuing their indifference to business-as-usual's global toll. 1/3
This International Day of Forests, organizations from around the world are calling for a long-overdue element in global efforts to curb deforestation and forest degradation: accountability.
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130+ Organizations Urge Accountability on Forest Protection
In a joint statement to international leaders, groups from around the world call for global accountability as essential to delivering on forest commitments.
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March 21, 2024 at 3:55 PM
This International Day of Forests, organizations from around the world are calling for a long-overdue element in global efforts to curb deforestation and forest degradation: accountability.
www.nrdc.org/bio/jennifer...
www.nrdc.org/bio/jennifer...
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“Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change
A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions” www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/w...
A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions” www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/w...
Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change
A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2024 at 1:53 PM
“Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change
A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions” www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/w...
A study finds that logging has inflicted severe damage to the vast boreal forests in Ontario and Quebec, two of the country’s main commercial logging regions” www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/w...
#COP28UAE didn’t just bring down the curtain on fossil fuels–it also enshrined a new era of equitable, global ambition on the protection of the world’s climate-critical forests. www.nrdc.org/bio/jennifer...
COP28 Delivers Call for Global Action on Forest Protection
The protection of climate-critical forests around the world has put down roots at the center of climate ambition.
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December 14, 2023 at 12:46 AM
#COP28UAE didn’t just bring down the curtain on fossil fuels–it also enshrined a new era of equitable, global ambition on the protection of the world’s climate-critical forests. www.nrdc.org/bio/jennifer...
Through establishing a Glasgow Declaration Accountability Framework, countries can avoid the pitfalls that have plagued forest policy for decades, creating a system grounded in equity and truly global cooperation. #COP28 t.co/JiMMQuGjeW
More than 100 Organizations Call for a Forest Accountability Framework
At the start of COP28, civil society groups from around the world are urging countries to establish a Glasgow Declaration Accountability Framework (GDAF).
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November 30, 2023 at 1:39 PM
Through establishing a Glasgow Declaration Accountability Framework, countries can avoid the pitfalls that have plagued forest policy for decades, creating a system grounded in equity and truly global cooperation. #COP28 t.co/JiMMQuGjeW
More than 100 scientists from around the world have called on Canada to stop undermining global progress on forest protection & align its policy with scientific consensus around the degrading impact of industrial logging in primary and old-growth forests. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Scientists call on Canada to adopt ecologically minded forest degradation definition
TORONTO - The Canadian government must take action to stop the degradation of its forests from large-scale industrial logging, a letter signed by more than 100 scientists urged Wednesday.
www.thestar.com
November 13, 2023 at 5:28 AM
More than 100 scientists from around the world have called on Canada to stop undermining global progress on forest protection & align its policy with scientific consensus around the degrading impact of industrial logging in primary and old-growth forests. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
"The vision of Nigeria and the rest of Africa through the development of this accountability framework is to ensure that the World truly unites and responds as one." —Sikeade Egbuwalo, Ministry of Environment of Nigeria
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Leaders Call for Forest Accountability in Climate Week Event
Leading voices call for global accountability on protecting the world's climate-critical forests in NRDC's Climate Week panel event.
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September 25, 2023 at 9:26 PM
"The vision of Nigeria and the rest of Africa through the development of this accountability framework is to ensure that the World truly unites and responds as one." —Sikeade Egbuwalo, Ministry of Environment of Nigeria
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