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Global community must unite against Trump to avoid climate catastrophe
As news of Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential Election reached Marrakech, climate justice groups gathered at the...
09 November, 2016Paris agreement comes into force
On Friday 4 November, just days before the UN climate talks open in Marrakech, the Paris Agreement comes into...
03 November, 2016The seed of a new Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights is planted
Friends of the Earth International commends the rapidly increasing support, interest and mobilisation evident in Geneva this week (24-28...
28 October, 2016Friends of the Earth International calls for legally binding UN treaty on Transnational corporations and human rights
From 24 to 28 October, UN negotiations that could provide a historic opportunity for justice and an end to...
19 October, 2016Trade and investments agreements block progress on agroecology and food sovereignty
On World Food Day, a new report from Friends of the Earth International finds that current strategies to raise...
16 October, 2016G20 summit: World leaders fail to act, but an energy revolution remains possible
At the G20 leaders summit held over the weekend in China, climate change and tax avoidance were centre stage....
06 September, 2016An Energy Revolution is possible: tax havens and financing climate action
In a new report, launched today, Friends of the Earth International calculates that government revenue lost to tax havens...
02 September, 2016Fuelling the fire: New coal technologies spell disaster for climate
25 july 2016 - A new report by Friends of the Earth International demonstrates how Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)...
28 July, 2016Swedish government sells out on climate
2 July 2016 - Friends of the Earth Sweden condemned the Swedish government today following their authorisation of state-owned...
02 July, 2016European financiers “seek to exit” Agua Zarca
Amsterdam/Brussels/Tegucicalpa, May 8th, 2016 - Friends of the Earth International and Friends of the Earth Europe welcome the decision...
09 May, 2016