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First negotiations since release of zero draft of instrument on transnational corporations and human rights sees record attendance.
20 October 2018, Geneva: Talks concluded yesterday evening following the discussion of substantive proposals. States acknowledged the dialogue focused...
20 October, 2018
Celebration and resistance: Friends of the Earth mobilizes in global Week of Action for climate justice
As scientists published their clearest warning yet about the consequences of failing to act to stop climate change, Friends...
16 October, 2018
Resist fascism: building food sovereignty from people’s unity
Food sovereignty, as originally proposed by La Via Campesina, involves people cultivating self-determination, solidarity and social, political, economic, environmental...
16 October, 2018
People before profit: Time to progress Zero Draft of a UN Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights
Friends of the Earth International, as a member of a Global Campaign and within an international Alliance, is fighting...
11 October, 2018
‘This is a climate emergency’: Global mobilization against dirty energy as IPCC warns of climate catastrophe if warming continues
8 October 2018, Amsterdam and globally: Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change launched its Special Report on Global...
08 October, 2018
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...
20 September, 2018
People Power in action: Communities in England say ‘No to fracking’
Working side-by-side with communities threatened by fracking, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland is fighting to...
13 September, 2018
Global Climate Action Summit: Jerry Brown promotes false climate change solutions while people power shines
San Francisco, 10 September 2018: California Governor Jerry Brown’s so-called Global Climate Action Summit is yet another exercise in...
10 September, 2018
The magnitude of the planetary crisis requires action of a similar size; the solution is system change
We are facing deep-rooted climate, social and environmental crises. The current dominant economic system cannot provide solutions. It is time...
14 August, 2018
Secret RCEP trade deal fails international standards of transparency, experts warn
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is being negotiated in Bangkok, Thailand this week. The mega regional trade deal...
19 July, 2018
