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Global rescue plan to stop extinction “hopelessly weak and inadequate”
Rome, 24 February 2020 - A draft global plan to halt the collapse of nature will not protect vulnerable...
24 February, 2020
Total abuses in Uganda: French High Court of Justice declares itself incompetent in favour of the Commercial Court
January 30, 2020 - The Nanterre High Court has handed down its decision on the summary proceedings brought by...
30 January, 2020
Time to tackle biodiversity loss: Draft post-2020 UN Framework not ambitious enough
2020 is hailed as the “super year” for biodiversity: an opportunity to address the dire state of the natural...
17 January, 2020
COP25 closing comments: A small victory, with an even bigger fight ahead
Sunday 15 December, Madrid, Spain: COP25 negotiations are finally over in Madrid, after going into extra time.
16 December, 2019
Climate talks ‘out of touch with reality’ as rich countries seek to gut Paris Agreement
Madrid, Spain, 13 December 2019: Prospects for vulnerable communities in the global South look dire, as wealthy countries refuse...
13 December, 2019
COP 25: Resurgence of carbon markets threatens people, politics and planet
2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain As the international climate talks open today in Madrid, Spain, the world faces the...
29 November, 2019
Shell’s reply to court summons in historic climate case shows its stubborn refusal to stop destroying the climate
AMSTERDAM, 12 November 2019 Today Friends of the Earth Netherlands received Shell’s long awaited response to the legal summons...
13 November, 2019
Oil company Total faces historic legal action in France for human rights and environmental violations in Uganda.
Paris, 23 October 2019 Today Friends of the Earth France, Survie, AFIEGO, CRED, NAPE/Friends of the Earth Uganda and...
23 October, 2019
Robust week of UN negotiations ends with threats to civil society’s participation
18 October 2019, Geneva UN negotiations drew to a close for another year after a week of discussions on...
18 October, 2019
Hundreds of civil society organizations worldwide denounce World Economic Forum´s takeover of the UN
The call, made in an open letter, denounces attempts to ‘delegitimiz[ing] the United Nations and weaken(ing) the role of...
02 October, 2019
