Climate justice and energy
16 October, 2013
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All over the world, the fight against #DirtyEnergy is growing, and calls for an energy transformation are getting louder. In an explosion of spectacular mobilizations and a frenzy of social media during October 2017, Friends of the Earth groups across six continents demonstrated the power of the people. Join us. Together we can fight the climate emergency.
Climate change and the global energy crisis threaten the lives and livelihoods of billions of people worldwide. The drivers of these issues are unsustainable economic and development models based on fossil fuels and other destructive energy sources, and the concentration of power over energy goods and services in the hands of a wealthy few.
Friends of the Earth International is part of a growing, diverse and effective global movement to resist dirty energy, champion the alternatives and push for climate justice.
"To tackle the climate crisis we need a just transition to shift our economies away from fossil fuels and other unsustainable economic practices and towards alternatives based on democratic and community control"
Dipti Bhatnagar, Friends of the Earth International
Even if the much celebrated Paris Agreement commitments are implemented we remain on track for a 3 or 4 degree world, when we need to keep the global temperature below 1.5 degrees
"Greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced urgently and fairly. Climate change is already having devastating effects, with impacts disproportionately felt in the global South."
Sara Shaw, Friends of the Earth International
Energy sovereignty is one key solution. Communities choosing sustainable energy sources and developing healthy consumption patterns to create sustainable societies. Also key are the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and people sharing an equitable amount of resources within ecological limits. Replacing the dominant, corporate-driven political policies that drive the global competition for energy and climate change is essential.
"In the Jordan Valley area there is no electricity, but electricity is necessary for people to live there. But we aim to help the families to stay on their land. 26 Solar units have been supplied to 26 families"
Abeer Al Butmeh, Friends of the Earth Palestine/Pengon
Rising tide of court cases threatens Shell’s polluting business model
Twenty years ago, Shell made a prediction. In a scenario-planning exercise, the fossil fuel company prophesied a series ...
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 a...
Stop ISDS - The French oil company Total is putting profits before people and nature in Uganda
The French multinational company Total wants to drill for oil in the beautiful lakes and national parks of Uganda. This dirty oil industry would evict thousands from their lands and threaten people's livelihoods. Yet rather than protect Human Rights and the Environment, an investment treaty signed between the Netherlands and Uganda gives corporations like Total the ability to sue the country for any law that harms their expected profit. It is time to stop corporate destruction and bad investment deals.
Communities across Indonesia say NO to coal
Indonesia is one of the largest coal exporters in world. In 2016 alone Indonesia mined over 460 million tonnes coal. Coal mining destroys forest, devastates communities and pollutes water. Communities are fighting back. Stand in solidarity with Walhi and communities across Indonesia to say NO TO COAL! It's time to act to end Dirty Energy and usher in a new a renewable, safe, sustainable, just energy future.
Decade zero
In this paper, Friends of the Earth International outlines the current climate science and the need for equity, fairness...
Enough is enough: understanding ‘energy sufficiency’ as an integral part of delivering energy access
Somewhere between the extremes of excessive energy use and energy poverty lies ‘energy sufficiency’. We would argue ...
