Blogging on climate justice and energy
2009
Latest climate blog posts
YFOE is joining the worldwide actions against nuclear power
On 11th June 2011, 3 months after the tsunami in Japan, the Fukushima power plant hasn’t been fixed and there is still 90,000 people living in temporary shelters. Marco Cadena from Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, blogs from the UN climate talks in Bonn.
The betrayal at Cancun
Chair of Friends of the Earth International Nnimmo Bassey writes about the outcome of the UN climate summit that took place in Cancun, Mexico last month.
Videos from Cancun
Members of the Friends of the Earth International delegation in Cancun have been documenting the mobilisations and interviewing our spokespeople so we can keep you informed on all the twists and turns of the talks.
The Mexican Presidency of the UN climate talks
Marco Cadena from Friends of the Earth Hungary writes from Cancun about the hosts of the talks and Mexico's self-styled green president.
The Climate Carbon Stock Exchange drags on
Nnimmo Bassey, Chair of Friends of the Earth International, is observing the UN climate talks in Cancun. Here he assesses the first week of negotiations; from the nations clambering to reject the Kyoto Protocol to the Mexican hosts cooking up secret texts.
Calling for climate justice in Brussels, the Philippines and the U.S
Around the world, as part of 1000 Cancuns, people are taking to the streets to call on world leaders to sign up to a just climate agreement. Here are a selection of photos from Brussels and the Philippines.
Bringing Cancun to Brussels
This year’s UN climate talks might be happening on the other side of the globe, but that doesn’t mean they are passing people by in Europe. Francesca Gater from Friends of the Earth Europe blogs about the events she's been attending closer to home.
Cocooned in Cancun
Nnimmo Bassey, Chair of Friends of the Earth International, is observing the UN climate talks in Cancun. Here he sets out the current state of play in the talks and outlines what we can expect. The prognosis is not good, but, there will be plenty of mobilisations and civil society scrutiny to remind the delegates that only a fair and just agreement will do.
Commodifying nature in an age of climate change
A few days before the UN climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, Nnimmo Bassey, Chair of Friends of the Earth International, writes about the carbon speculators who will be there hyping the utility of the carbon market as a means of fighting climate change through offsetting rather than taking real drastic action. We will be there to drown out the hype with the message of climate justice.
Statement on the floods in Pakistan
Pakistan is experiencing one of the worst natural disasters in living memory as floods and mudslides claim thousands of lives and destroy entire communities.
