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
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Community campaign sees Victoria become first state in Australia to ban fracking.
People Power can create change and fight dirty energy. A grassroots, Community campaign sees Victoria become first state in Australia to ban fracking!
Friends of the Earth Bangladesh/BELA and communities across Bangladesh say No to Rampal coal power plant!
Bangladesh plans to build 28 coal power plants. The people of Bangladesh have seen the damage coal plants do to the environment and communities. One of these planned power plants, Rampal, is close to Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest and world heritage site. Join Friends of the Earth Bangladesh/BELA in denouncing these planned power plants and in saying No to Rampal coal power plant!
Global Day of Action for Climate Justice. 13-14 October 2017
On 13-14 October 2017 people from Friends of the Earth International groups across six continents will mobilize together to highlight the climate emergency, to fight dirty energy and false solutions and to call for a people-led transformation of our energy systems.
Dirty energy is at the root of climate injustice
Watch our animation to understand how the dirty energy system is at the root of climate injustice. The solution? No more dirty energy, we need an energy revolution now.
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 ...
