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How climate change may lead to an increase in violence against women
November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Even today, at least one in three women worldwide has experienced some form of violence. Friends of the Earth International wants to add its voice to those demanding an end to this pandemic of violence against women. Where poverty, conflict and disease…
Climate scientists: our energy system needs urgent reform
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, 2 November 2014 – Drastic changes to the way we produce and consume energy are urgently needed, said Friends of the Earth International today, on the day the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was released in Copenhagen, Denmark. “Scientists are telling us we must stop our climate-polluting way of…
Does it take a natural disaster to make us better people and change the way we live on this planet?
by Jagoda Munic, chairperson of Friends of the Earth International Climate change has hit the headlines again in recent days. Last week scientists warned that the collapse of the Western Antarctica ice sheet is already under way, which could eventually lead to sea levels rising by up to four meters and dramatic and hugely damaging…
Society must change to address climate crisis, say scientists
BERLIN, GERMANY, April 7, 2014 — Avoiding dangerous climate change will require not just rapid reductions in fossil fuel use but also a revolution in the structures of our economies and societies, according to a momentous UN scientific report on climate change to be released on April 13 in Berlin. [1] “Scientists tell us that…
Scientists expected to warn of more extreme weather due to climate change
TOKYO, JAPAN, March 26, 2014 – A key UN science report on climate change to be released in Japan on March 31 is likely to state that climate change is leading to more extreme weather, and that this will cause significant damage in both rich and poor countries. Scientists expected to warn of more extreme…
Super Typhoon Haiyan: World Must Act on Climate Change
Guest blog by Lidy Nacpil, Convener of the Philippines Movement for Climate Justice (first published by Huffinton Post) My colleague Claire and I are now at the international climate talks in Warsaw – we got out of Manila just as Typhoon Haiyan, the most powerful in recorded history, was making landfall in the Philippines, our…
Changing the system not the climate, at COP17 in Durban and beyond
Friends of the Earth International unites with social movements, Indigenous Peoples, workers, activists, trade unions, youth and women’s organisations to…
Harvesting Harm: Agrofuels as a False Solution to Climate Change and Poverty
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is now actively pursuing agrofuels as a clean energy and development strategy. But recent research…
People’s rights and defenders of territories
Protecting people’s rights and defenders of territories is essential to Friends of the Earth International (FoEI)’s commitment to transformative system…
Gallery – How do we dismantle patriarchy and build gender justice?
Close How do we dismantle patriarchy and build gender justice?World March of Women © 1. Reclaim the body-territory. The body is the primary territory through which oppression-exploitation is experienced and through which resistance-solutions are envisioned and constructed. Women are frontline defenders, both of their bodies and other territories © 2. End the sexual division of…
