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COP25 closing comments: A small victory, with an even bigger fight ahead
Sunday 15 December, Madrid, Spain: COP25 negotiations are finally over in Madrid, after going into extra time.
16 December, 2019Climate talks ‘out of touch with reality’ as rich countries seek to gut Paris Agreement
Madrid, Spain, 13 December 2019: Prospects for vulnerable communities in the global South look dire, as wealthy countries refuse...
13 December, 2019COP 25: Resurgence of carbon markets threatens people, politics and planet
2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain As the international climate talks open today in Madrid, Spain, the world faces the...
29 November, 2019Shell’s reply to court summons in historic climate case shows its stubborn refusal to stop destroying the climate
AMSTERDAM, 12 November 2019 Today Friends of the Earth Netherlands received Shell’s long awaited response to the legal summons...
13 November, 2019Oil company Total faces historic legal action in France for human rights and environmental violations in Uganda.
Paris, 23 October 2019 Today Friends of the Earth France, Survie, AFIEGO, CRED, NAPE/Friends of the Earth Uganda and...
23 October, 2019Robust week of UN negotiations ends with threats to civil society’s participation
18 October 2019, Geneva UN negotiations drew to a close for another year after a week of discussions on...
18 October, 2019Hundreds of civil society organizations worldwide denounce World Economic Forum´s takeover of the UN
The call, made in an open letter, denounces attempts to ‘delegitimiz[ing] the United Nations and weaken(ing) the role of...
02 October, 2019Change the system or face global ecological collapse says global biodiversity assessment
6 May 2019, Paris: The world faces ecological collapse and mass extinctions unless dramatic action is taken to change...
06 May, 2019Friends of the Earth Netherlands submits legal summons in historic climate case against Shell
The Hague, April 5, 2019 - Today Friends of the Earth Netherlands will deliver a court summons to Shell...
05 April, 2019