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…

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. Yet the devastating natural disasters of…

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…

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…

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…

The Peoples Summit on Climate Change, held in Lima from 8 to 11 December 2014, is an expression of the mobilization and resistance of a wide range of Peruvian and international organizations, movements, platforms, social networks and women, peasant, indigenous, youth, environmental, religious, artistic and cultural groups. The Lima Declaration: We have met to continue…