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The ‘Glasgow get-out clause’: How rich countries are staging a great escape from their climate responsibilities
12 November 2021. Glasgow, UK. The COP26 agreement is set to be the ‘Glasgow get-out clause’, as developed countries...
12 November, 2021Friends of the Earth International comments on draft COP26 outcome, 10 November 2021
Sara Shaw, Climate justice and energy programme coordinator at Friends of the Earth International, comments on draft COP26 outcome:...
10 November, 2021How we defeated Shell: A do-it-yourself manual for climate litigation
On May 26, 2021, we won the Climate Case against Shell. The judge ruled in this lawsuit that Shell...
09 November, 2021If it’s not feminist, it’s not just.
In the last decade, the Just Transition rhetoric has become part of the global discussion around addressing climate change,...
08 November, 2021COP26 end to fossil fuel financing – welcome but hypocritical as action is still missing at home.
At the COP26 'energy day', the UK, US and 18 other countries announced an end to public financing for...
04 November, 2021COP26 pledge to end deforestation no more than a rebranding of previous flawed attempts to greenwash increased carbon emissions
The COP26 pledge to halt deforestation is riddled with hypocrisy and loopholes that risk allowing corporations and historically big...
03 November, 2021Global South states and civil society keep up momentum to regulate transnational corporations under international human rights law
From 25 to 29 October United Nations member states continued the negotiations to elaborate an international Legally Binding Instrument...
02 November, 2021Ahead of UN climate summit Friends of the Earth International spotlights how ‘Nature Based Solutions’ is being used to disguise climate-trashing business-as-usual
27 October 2021. Amsterdam, Netherlands and Glasgow, UK.
27 October, 2021Nature based solutions: a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Friends of the Earth International rejects the concept of Nature Based Solutions (NBS). NBS is often used as an...
27 October, 2021States resume historic UN negotiations amidst growing consensus on the need for binding regulations on transnational corporations and human rights
Today, United Nations member states resume negotiations in the seventh session of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group (OEIGWG) mandated...
26 October, 2021