Annual and financial reports 2023

In Friends of the Earth International’s 2023 annual and financial reports, we highlight some of our main achievements in the fight for environmental and social justice, believing in People Power.

“2023 was a challenging year for our planet, as it was for many people around the world. The global neoliberal capitalist model fuels great unrest in many countries: the endless creation of wealth and the stimulation of consumption leads to the destruction of our forests, agricultural lands and waters and it jeopardises the lives and livelihoods of the people who depend on them.”

Hemantha Withanage, Friends of the Earth International Chair, 2023

In 2023, the Friends of the Earth International federation continued to follow and mobilise people power around the plethora of international summits focused on the crises that are making our planet increasingly uninhabitable for many. Tragically, these events are more often than not a stage for the further entrenchment of dangerous corporate-driven “solutions”.

We are working harder than ever with our allies to bring about system change, from the grassroots to the global level and in villages, towns and cities all over the world. Our work gave rise to many important successes this year, and we proudly present them to you in this annual report.

There is no denying that people’s movements are growing in breadth and power, and 2023 was an important year for us in consolidating some critical alliances so that we can move forward together in creating a fairer and greener world.

We are horrified and heartbroken by the ongoing situation in Palestine. As a federation dedicated to peace, we condemn Islamophobia and antisemitism, as well as all forms of racism, militarism, oppression and violence. We stand with the ongoing resistance against Israel’s apartheid and support the struggle for Palestine’s autonomy, an end to the occupation and to corporate impunity, and a fair, just, and permanent solution for the Palestinian people.

Please read on for more inspiring and hopeful news from our programmes and our communities – download our annual report for 2023. Thank you for being part of the change!