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strengthening the fight for a GM-free world: The fight for a GM-free world is still a priority for the food sovereignty movement. In 2008, FoEI continued providing a comprehensive assessment of the impact of genetically modified (GM) crops in agriculture.
Food Sovereignty Program highlights in 2008: In 2008, FoEI’s Food Sovereignty Program contributed effectively to the implementation of the agenda agreed by the food sovereignty movement at the Nyeleni Forum, (the first International Forum for Food Sovereignty organized in Selingue, Mali, in February 2007).
strengthening the movement: climate justice now!: In 2008, social movements and groups that came together during the climate change negotiations in Bali (December 2007) established a new coalition called Climate Justice Now!
reflecting communities’ experiences of resistance and mobilization: reflecting communities’ experiences of resistance and mobilization and translating them into national and international policy demands
Climate justice and energy program highlights: The CJE Program’s overall objective is to build a diverse, effective and global movement for climate justice. Climate justice is a right-based approach to the climate crisis with holds those historically responsible for the climate crisis to account. Climate justice demands structural changes to tackle neo-liberalism and radically reduce consumption. In keeping with FoEI’s mission to influence policies and policy dialogue, the CJE Program also aims to ensure that by rich industrialized Annex I countries commit to needed emissions reductions, and appropriate and sufficient financing and transfers of technology to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change, allowing a just transition to sustainable, fossil-free societies.
guatemala: focusing in on global europe during americas social forum: The European Union’s ‘Global Europe’ strategy, which aims to secure markets and natural resources for European companies, threatens people and the environment across the world.
colombia: court overturns controversial forestry law: From the moment the bill to enact a General Forestry Law began its passage through the Colombian Congress more than three years ago, environmental organizations, black communities, peasant organizations, indigenous organizations and others opposed its adoption: it was considered a serious threat to the country’s natural heritage and community rights. Finally, however, the General Forestry Law was passed in April 2006.
colombia: challenging the privatization of biodiversity and water: In Colombia, transnational corporations (TNCs) are striving to gain control of the country’s biodiversity, creating and deepening environmental conflicts as they appropriate the country’s natural heritage. TNCs’ activities are destroying the livelihoods of communities that used to live in harmony with nature, and threatening their traditional wisdom, knowledge and values. This process of privatization and commodification of life is highly visible in the case of forests and water.
atalc: working together with indigenous peoples in the fight for climate justice: Many of the people most affected by the impacts of climate change are Indigenous Peoples and local communities who have not previously been engaged in or able to influence the development of climate change policies.
brazil: demystifying the ‘sustainability’ of ethanol: Brazilian sugar cane ethanol is being sold as a ‘sustainable biofuel’: it is one of the country’s key exports. But during 2008, the global agrofuels ‘fever’ began to cool, as critical voices and resistance movements around the world raised concerns that agrofuels are false solutions to climate change, contributing to the global food crisis and driving continued deforestation.
argentina: attracting attention to water with art, music and stories: Today, one in six people lack access to safe, affordable water, and two in five lack access to adequate sanitation. The United Nations expects these numbers to rise. But in Argentina, as in many other countries, there is still very little information available about the importance of using water sustainably and democratically. There is also a lack of emphasis on the use of public spaces as places where people can enjoy themselves and meet their families, friends and others.
film and video: In 2008, we deepened our commitment to provide video and film material for our audiences around the world. Our efforts were focused in several complementary areas: a major film documentary that was screened on mainstream television; many video clips on different issues produced by our groups and posted on websites; and our community testimonies, which can be downloaded from our website.
brazil: taking a comic look at 'sustainable agrofuels': The Brazilian government is a leading proponent of agrofuels, with ambitions to flood the world with sugar cane ethanol.
the story of iirsa: One of the biggest threats to people and ecosystems in Latin America is a grand scheme for infrastructure projects known as “IIRSA” for short.
redd publication: reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: In December 2008, the FoEI Climate Justice and Energy program launched a comprehensive critical analysis of United Nations negotiations on the REDD mechanisms. REDD is an acronym for "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries".
October: foei at world bank meetings in washington dc: Friends of the Earth International used the opportunity of the World Bank meetings in Washington in October 2008 to continue to push for the Bank not to contaminate the climate debate, a process we started in Bali in December 2007.
May: eu and business on trial for crimes in latin america: In May 2008, social, political and popular movements, workers, migrants, Indigenous and campesino communities, and women's, youth and trade union movements from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, gathered in Lima for the Peoples’ Summit, Linking Alternatives III (Enlazando Alternativas 3).
programs and campaigns highlights in 2009: In 2009, Friends of the Earth International had six active international programs and campaigns. Within these we coordinated a wide range of actions at the international, regional, national and local levels, that improve the ability of peoples and communities around the world to secure sustainable livelihoods and protect our environment for generations to come.
did you know?: In 2008, Friends of the Earth International counted 77 member groups and 14 affiliates, uniting more than 2 million members and supporters around the world.
member groups: Friends of the Earth International is made up of the activities and actions of our 76 member groups, and it is our mission to support and strengthen their work at the local level. These groups mobilize people, resist socially and environmentally damaging projects and policies, and help to transform their societies in tens of countries around the world. Their local work in turn allows us to campaign on the regional and international levels, and to seek political support for the rights of people everywhere to sustainable livelihoods and for social, economic, gender and environmental justice.

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