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Global mobilisation to demand real action at the CBD COP15
From Argentina to Sri Lanka the people call for system change to tackle the biodiversity crisis. As the long awaited UN biodiversity conference draws closer, Friends of the Earth International’s members around the world have come together in a mobilisation to demand real action and meaningful policies at the CBD COP15. The United Nations Convention…
Read MoreWhat is biodiversity and why is the CBD COP15 so important?
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity’s COP15 starts in Montreal on 7 December. Parties will negotiate and hopefully agree on a global framework that will define biodiversity policies for the next decade. We interviewed Nele Marien, the forests and biodiversity programme coordinator at Friends of the Earth International, to find out why these biodiversity…
Read MoreCOP27 outcome: Loss and damage fund established in historic first step, but other outcomes perilously weak
PRESS RELEASE for immediate release – Sunday 20 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheikh A historic breakthrough in deadlocked COP27 talks means a loss and damage fund to compensate developing countries for the irreversible impacts of climate change has been established, despite consistent efforts by the US and other developed countries to derail it. This fund was…
Read MorePress release: Slow progress at COP27 as loss and damage fund hangs in the balance
PRESS RELEASE – Friday 18 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) – for immediate release Taking place under the shadow of Egypt’s oppressive regime, COP27 has seen the US play a deeply obstructive role yet again, blocking the demands of developing countries at every turn. Indigenous Peoples and frontline communities are already suffering from increasingly extreme…
Read MorePress release: Justice and equity must accompany every decision at COP27
Friday 4 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) – To stem runaway climate change, COP27 must steer away from seductive-sounding ‘nature-based solutions’ and geoengineering fixes, and instead focus on cutting fossil fuel emissions at source, say Friends of the Earth International on the eve of the UN climate talks. Activists and experts from the world’s largest grassroots…
Read MoreFriends of the Earth International at COP27
*** Spokespeople available for comment and interview *** Friends of the Earth International, the world’s largest grassroots environmental network, hosts a delegation of experts and activists at the UN climate talks in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Friends of the Earth will bring voices from across Africa and the world inside the COP conference halls, to…
Read MoreAffected people call for binding rules on transnational corporations, locally and internationally
Big Business is devastating the environment and human lives, the world over. Their violation of human rights knows no bounds. Yet, the UN Guiding Principles and the due diligence approach have not been effective in stopping corporate impunity. There is an urgent need for an international legally binding instrument to regulate transnational corporations in regard…
Read MoreWhy a UN binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights is so important
The eighth round of negotiations for a UN Binding Treaty to regulate the human rights violations committed by transnational corporations begins this Monday 24 October 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland. These international talks began in Geneva in 2015 at the UN Human Rights Council. This year, they present new challenges for social movements and organisations that…
Read MorePeople power in action: A T’boli-Manobo indigenous community sparks solar energy in the Philippines
On the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (Friends of the Earth Philippines) have been working with a T’boli-Manobo indigenous community to achieve energy sovereignty, in the form of a solar-powered off-grid system. In March 2022, the village of Ned in South Cotabato province leapfrogged from having no electricity…
Read MoreSri Lanka: debt crisis and the fall of a nation
Hemantha Withanage, Chair of Friends of the Earth International, explores the debt crisis and the dynamics that led to protests in Sri Lanka — from an international debt crisis to rampant hunger, poverty, and political turmoil, caused by an undemocratic, neoliberal regime. After over 100 days of public protest, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa finally…
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