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It’s time to mobilize for a new international energy system that works for people and planet
In October 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release its landmark 1.5 degrees report – likely to simultaneously communicate the terrible dangers and impacts of letting average global temperature rise exceed 1.5 degrees, while warning that drastic systemic change on a scale never seen before will be needed to prevent these temperature rises.…
At UN climate talks, end coal and commit to people-centred energy system
Bonn, 3 November 2017: Ahead of the UN climate talks (6-17 November) – hosted by Fiji but opening next week in Bonn, Germany – Friends of the Earth International will join BUND/Friends of the Earth Germany and thousands of activists in a demonstration of ‘people power’ calling for an urgent coal phase out in Germany…
Feeding our peoples and building the movement to change the world
Declarations from La Via Campesina, VII International Conference “Peasants, men and women, all over the world feed our peoples, without them cultivating the land we would not have food. Friends of the Earth International joins La Via Campesina’s struggle in defence of food sovereignty. We aim to tear down the walls and the advance of…
Why we need to stand as one globally to combat climate change.
Thousands Mobilize for Climate Justice 2017 has seen a succession of devastating hurricanes, flooding in Asia, wildfires raging around the world, including in Greenland, an anthrax outbreak in Siberia, and ice shelf collapses. This is a planetary emergency. The Paris agreement as it stands, allows for at least three to four degrees of warming.…
In solidarity with those affected by recent hurricanes and disasters caused by the neoliberal capitalist system
Climate Justice for Latin America, the Caribbean and peoples of the world. Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean – ATALC – is deeply saddened by the ongoing disasters experienced by people affected by the climate crisis. Hurricane Irma and the destruction it wreaked in several countries in the region, as well as other…
Global Climate Justice Movements Refuse to Be Overshadowed by Election of Climate Change Denier to U.S. Presidency
We the undersigned organisations, networks, and movements gathered in Marrakech at COP22 issue the following collective statement in support of communities and movements around the world in response to Donald Trump becoming President-Elect of the United States of America and its potentially devastating implications for the cause of climate justice. Record breaking global temperatures are…
The dirty energy system is an illegitimate system
A failed system The global energy system is powering climate change, making up two thirds of global greenhouse emissions. This alone should trigger a massive shift in the way we produce and consume energy and spur our leaders to act. Instead, at the climate talks in Marrakech, we have seen a drive to keep pockets…
Fighting back against dirty energy, false solutions and climate change
Dirty Energy system devastates lives Our energy system – the way we produce, distribute and consume energy – is broken, wreaking havoc on our planet and its people. When we talk about people impacted by the climate crisis, we tend to first consider those impacted by the effects of climate change as these have already…
Rich countries put planet on course for irreversible climate change
BONN, GERMANY, October 19, 2015 – Friends of the Earth International warned today that rich countries – those most responsible for climate change – are putting us on course for irreversible and more devastating climate change, instead of taking the urgently needed radical action to reduce their carbon emissions. The warning was issued as governments…
Join a growing movement to confront the challenges of climate change
Friends of the Earth wants you to join a growing movement to confront and overcome the challenges of climate change. These challenges are big, real and urgent, but not impossible. Join the Energy Revolution now! We urgently need a drastic transformation of our societies, our energy and food systems, and our economies. Keeping global temperatures…
