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COP 24: Time is running out. We must build an alternative energy future for the people
Katowice, Poland, 3 December 2018: As the UN climate talks open this week - Friends of the Earth International...
03 December, 2018
Genetic extinction technology challenged at UN Convention on Biological Diversity
SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT — Today, the African Centre for Biodiversity and Friends of the Earth International held a...
18 November, 2018
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
‘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
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
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
Why does the European Union fear a binding human rights treaty on transnational corporations?
Civil society support for a legally binding treaty to regulate transnational corporations is growing, particularly in the Global South....
11 July, 2018
Israel’s attempt to demolish Palestinian village Khan al Ahmar contravenes international law
Israeli forces are forcibly displacing Palestinians as they attempt to demolish the Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar in...
06 July, 2018
Shell rejects Friends of the Earth Netherlands’ climate demands, forcing court action
Amsterdam, 29 May – Shell yesterday rejected in writing Friends of the Earth Netherlands’ demands that the company align...
29 May, 2018
Shell faces historic legal action in the Netherlands for its failure to act on climate change
Amsterdam, 4 April 2018: Friends of the Earth Netherlands announces that it will take Shell to court if it...
04 April, 2018
