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15 years ago, when the Mozambican government signed a contract with mining giant VALE, almost everybody in Mozambique be...
11 March, 2022IPCC: New climate report shows accelerating impacts, yet rich countries tried to water down text
AMSTERDAM, February 28, 2022 - Attempts by the US and developed countries to remove key climate finance terminology from...
28 February, 2022Life in the forest in Bangladesh: Dirty energy struggles and community energy solutions
Between nuclear power plants, coal mines, and coal based-power plants, communities and ecosystems in Bangladesh are faci...
15 December, 2021Bogus ‘Nature Based Solutions’ won’t solve the climate crisis. It’s just corporate greenwashing.
‘Nature-based solutions’ to the climate crisis were the talk of the town at COP26. The 2021 COP presidency made natu...
02 December, 2021Scandalous outcome to COP26 as 1.5° hangs by a thread
13 November 2021. Glasgow, UK “The outcome of COP26 leaves developed countries free to keep polluting whilst givi...
13 November, 2021The ‘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 countrie...
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 COP...
10 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 overseas fossil fu...
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 histo...
03 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, 2021Shell’s appeal confirms its lack of commitment to tackling climate change
THE HAGEUE/AMSTERDAM, 20 JULY 2021 Shell's decision to appeal sends the "wrong signal" according to Milieudefensie’s ...
20 July, 202150 years of fighting for environmental justice
Our 50th Anniversary is an opportunity to assess our contributions to environmental justice, learn from our history, ana...
15 June, 2021New report details Big Polluters’ next Big Con
Amsterdam, 9 June 2021 – In the midst of virtual discussions of the UN climate treaty, a new report shines a light on ...
09 June, 2021“How we took on one of the world’s biggest polluters and won”
In a monumental victory for our planet and climate justice, a Dutch court has held a corporation liable for causing da...
02 June, 2021Historic victory: judge forces Shell to drastically reduce CO2 emissions.
The Hague, 26 May 2021 - For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing dangerous clim...
26 May, 2021Covid-19: The peoples’ path from crisis to recovery
What impact has the Covid-19 pandemic had on the peoples, communities and allies that Friends of the Earth works with? H...
05 March, 202113 years is too long for victims of Shell’s oil spills to wait for justice.
On Friday 29th January 2021, justice prevailed for the people of the oil-soaked Niger Delta. After a thirteen-year strug...
11 February, 2021Justice at last – Dutch court orders Shell to compensate Nigerian farmers for oil spill harm.
"Victims of environmental pollution, land grabbing, or exploitation now have a better chance to win a legal battle again...
05 February, 2021Organisations urge Biden Administration to do more on climate than merely rejoin Paris Agreement
President Joseph Biden is expected to take the United States back into the Paris Agreement on Inauguration day (20 Janua...
20 January, 2021Shell awaits judgement as historic climate case hearings conclude in the Hague.
AMSTERDAM, 17 December 2020 - The business model of one of the world's biggest oil companies, Shell, hangs in the balanc...
17 December, 2020Five years on, the Paris Agreement is a reminder that the root causes of the climate crisis remain unaddressed.
12 December 2020 marks the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, in which 197 countries agreed t...
11 December, 2020Taking Shell to court: groundbreaking Dutch climate litigation case begins.
AMSTERDAM, 30 November 2020 - The groundbreaking Dutch climate case against Shell reaches the courtroom this December, w...
30 November, 2020Condemnation of the assassination of Mama Fikile Ntshangase in South Africa
Friends of the Earth International condemns the killing of Mama Fikile Ntshangase, shot in her home in Mtubatuba, KwaZul...
06 November, 2020Oil company Total back in Court for human rights violations in Uganda
On Wednesday 28 October, 10:30 am, the appeal hearing against oil giant Total will start in Versailles Court of Appeal, ...
27 October, 2020Global coalition releases liability roadmap for governments to Make Big Polluters Pay
WORLDWIDE – Today, a global coalition released a “liability roadmap”: a first-of-its-kind tool outlining how local...
15 September, 2020Gas Rush, Human Rights Abuses, Climate Devastation, Insurgent Attacks, Covid Hotspot
Cabo Delgado needs our support and solidarity. The gas industry is ravaging the northernmost region of Mozambique, as tr...
04 June, 2020COVID-19 crisis is a wake up call for system change
Friends of the Earth expresses its deep concern and solidarity as the world faces the COVID-19 crisis, which is already ...
15 April, 2020Dutch court opens Shell climate case to public showdown
AMSTERDAM, 8 April 2020 — The spotlight will now be firmly on the Shell climate case, instigated by Friends of the E...
08 April, 2020Total abuses in Uganda: French High Court of Justice declares itself incompetent in favour of the Commercial Court
January 30, 2020 - The Nanterre High Court has handed down its decision on the summary proceedings brought by Friends of...
30 January, 2020Unprecedented bushfires in Australia and flooding in Indonesia: the devastating extremes of climate impacts
"We’re in a state of anxiety, shock and grief. Many of our staff, volunteers and the communities we work with have l...
13 January, 2020COP25 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, 2019Total in court for human rights violations in Uganda: Historic hearing in France under the duty of vigilance law.
The organizations are suing the oil giant on account of its activities in Uganda. Over two years of investigations have ...
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 countrie...
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 re-e...
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 lega...
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, 2019Mobilize, resist, transform: Friends of the Earth groups among millions mobilizing for climate justice across the world
The world’s streets came alive with the footsteps and voices of climate protestors, from 20-27 September 2019, as mill...
03 October, 2019We have a decision to make: Change the system or face climate catastrophe
Finally, it seems that the urgency of the climate crisis has become impossible for decision-makers — especially in the...
20 September, 2019Amazon wildfires are a wake-up call for the world
The wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest - predominantly in Brazil, but also in Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru - are no...
04 September, 2019In solidarity with the Narmada valley struggle in India
Friends of the Earth International recently expressed deep concern at the growing humanitarian crisis in the Narmada val...
31 August, 2019People Power in Action: Women leading Palestine’s energy transformation
Many people in Palestine live with extreme energy scarcity. Due to Israeli occupation since 1967, local communities hav...
26 August, 2019A journey through the oil spills of Ogoniland
Over two decades after Shell was first called out for it’s destruction of the Niger Delta, oil still contaminates the ...
17 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 to legally compe...
05 April, 2019Civil society rises up as fossil fuel companies and climate deniers block progress at COP24 Katowice climate talks
Katowice, Poland, 14 December 2018: As the UN climate talks go into their final hours in Katowice, progress on the ‘Pa...
14 December, 2018Frontline community leaders challenge Shell at UN climate COP24
Katowice, Poland, 3 December 2018: Today, communities directly impacted by Shell’s abusive practices spoke out as fos...
11 December, 2018COP 24: Time is running out. We must build an alternative energy future for the people
Katowice, Poland, 3 December 2018: As the UN climate talks open this week - Friends of the Earth International launches ...
03 December, 2018Celebration and resistance: Friends of the Earth mobilizes in global Week of Action for climate justice
As scientists published their clearest warning yet about the consequences of failing to act to stop climate change, Frie...
16 October, 2018‘This is a climate emergency’: Global mobilization against dirty energy as IPCC warns of climate catastrophe if warming continues
8 October 2018, Amsterdam and globally: Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change launched its Special Report ...
08 October, 2018It’s time to mobilize for a new international energy system that works for people and planet
In October 2018 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release its landmark 1.5 degrees report - likely to s...
20 September, 2018People Power in action: Communities in England say ‘No to fracking’
Working side-by-side with communities threatened by fracking, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland i...
13 September, 2018Global Climate Action Summit: Jerry Brown promotes false climate change solutions while people power shines
San Francisco, 10 September 2018: California Governor Jerry Brown’s so-called Global Climate Action Summit is yet anot...
10 September, 2018The magnitude of the planetary crisis requires action of a similar size; the solution is system change
We are facing deep-rooted climate, social and environmental crises. The current dominant economic system cannot provide...
14 August, 2018Rising 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 ...
31 May, 2018Shell 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...
29 May, 2018These eight scandals prove Shell’s long history of contempt for people and planet
The biggest companies in the world are often implicated in environmental and human rights abuses. Yet these crimes go un...
22 May, 2018Shell faces historic legal action in the Netherlands for its failure to act on climate change
Amsterdam, 4 April 2018: Friends of the Earth Netherlands announces that it will take Shell to court if it does not act ...
04 April, 2018The People vs. Shell
We took Shell, one of the biggest climate polluters in the world to court for causing climate change and we WON! This is...
04 April, 2018Murder of Indigenous peoples in Philippines as blatant human rights abuses continue
It is with great sadness and anger that we received the news of the murders of Datu Victor Danyan as well as seven membe...
14 December, 2017COP23: Friends of the Earth International mobilizes for climate justice
From 4-17 November 2017, Friends of the Earth representatives from around the world came together at the COP23 climate t...
08 December, 2017Climate Impacted Peoples: untold stories of drought, floods, hurricanes, dirty energy and walls against free movement.
Seas are rising and many people forced to migrate in the Pacific islands, a fracking company takes a fancy to a drought ...
16 November, 2017People power at its best: Friends of the Earth groups around the world mobilize to demand climate justice and end to dirty energy
In an explosion of spectacular mobilizations and a frenzy of social media between 13-15 October 2017, Friends of the Ear...
17 October, 2017Feeding our peoples and building the movement to change the world
Declarations from La Via Campesina, VII International Conference
16 October, 2017People Power in action: Uniting against oil exploration in Togo
In 2012, the discovery of oil off the coast of Doevi Kope, Togo, was confirmed. If the oil is drilled it will affect not...
09 October, 2017People Power in action: Communities unite against coal mining in Indonesia
Indonesia is one of the world’s largest coal exporters. In 2015, the country mined over 460 million tonnes of coal. To...
09 October, 2017Why we need to stand as one globally to combat climate change.
Thousands Mobilize for Climate Justice 2017 has seen a succession of devastating hurricanes, floodi...
04 October, 2017No to nuclear impunity: Remembering the Kyshtym disaster in Russia
On the 60th anniversary of the third worst nuclear disaster in history, people are still suffering and critics are being...
29 September, 2017In solidarity with those affected by recent hurricanes and disasters caused by the neoliberal capitalist system
Climate Justice for Latin America, the Caribbean and peoples of the world.
22 September, 2017Celebrating Australia’s fracking ban
Communities lead the way in protecting their land, water and climate.
12 September, 2017Does AIIB’s Energy strategy include coal financing?
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), launched in January 2016, is an influential new player in the future of...
20 July, 2017Trump pulls out of the Paris climate agreement, making US a Rogue State on Climate
Donald Trump has announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change under t...
01 June, 2017The Asian Development Bank must end its 50 year addiction to coal
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) annual meeting in Yokohama Japan this week marks its 50th anniversary. Yet there is...
03 May, 2017The dirty energy system is an illegitimate system
A failed system The global energy system is powering climate change, making up two thirds of global greenhouse emission...
17 November, 2016Fighting back against dirty energy, false solutions and climate change
Dirty Energy system devastates lives Our energy system - the way we produce, distribute and consume energy - is broke...
09 November, 2016The debate about a massive new UK nuclear project is a distraction
British electricity users will pay £81 billion for electricity from the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in its fi...
11 August, 2016Getting the Green Climate Fund we fought for
June - 2016 Karen Ornstein, deputy director of economic policy of Friends of the Earth US attended the meeting of the bo...
10 August, 2016Chernobyl + 30
Chernobyl on 26 April 1986 is forever etched in our global memory. Today, 26 April 2016, marks 30 years since the Cherno...
26 April, 2016On Fukushima 5 year anniversary, FoEI says, Don’t Go Nuclear
Today marks 5 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. Friends of the Earth Japan is marking this occasion b...
11 March, 2016WTO rules against renewable energy and jobs in India – Friends of the Earth reaction
Geneva, Switzerland, February 24 2016 - Today the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruled against India’s National Solar ...
24 February, 2016Wales: Plans for six million tonne coal mine persist despite community objections
Last summer, thousands of supporters of Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland helped Alyson and Chris...
25 January, 2016TransCanada’s Keystone XL suit illustrates problem with TPP, trade deals
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS/ WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2016 -- Canadian pipeline company TransCanada gave notice Wednesday t...
07 January, 2016Outcome appeal against Shell: victory for the environment and the Nigerian people – Friends of the Earth Netherlands
Amsterdam, December 18, 2015 - Four Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth Netherlands/ Milieudefensie welcome today..
18 December, 2015Friends of the Earth International Assessment of the Paris Agreement
Despite the very favourable reception given by some, Friends of the Earth International believes that the Paris Agreemen...
15 December, 2015People power gathers momentum even as politicians fail in Paris
Actions and mass protests gathered pace around the world in the last two weeks, stealing the spotlight from the Paris cl...
12 December, 2015Civil society actions escalate as Paris climate talks enter final phase
With another round of climate talks closing soon and a fair and just deal as far away as ever, civil society organizatio...
09 December, 2015Phony remedy to the climate crisis rejected…. at least for the next four years.
Many delegates from developing countries at the climate talks in Paris have been pushing hard to scrap text about carbon...
05 December, 2015Paris Climate Summit: Not enough progress by half
PARIS, FRANCE, December 5 â The Chairs of the ADP (Durban Platform for Action) have just handed over negotiating docum...
05 December, 2015âStop the hazeâ : Friends of the Earth Indonesia protest at Paris climate talks
Activists from Friends of the Earth Indonesia/WALHI held an action at the international climate talks in Paris today, ab...
04 December, 2015UN Climate Talks are âa Rigged Gameâ, Climate Justice Groups say in action
Young Friends of the Earth Europe together with other climate justice youth groups, organised an action at the UN climat...
01 December, 2015Beyond Obama and Hollande â the headlines that could have been
The United Nations climate talks started today in Paris. Heads of state of almost one hundred fifty countries started th...
30 November, 2015FoE Russia: Ten Reasons Why Climate Initiatives Should Not Include Large Hydropower Projects
Large hydropower projects are often propagated as a âclean and greenâ source of electricity by international financi...
26 November, 2015Richest 782 people could power half the world with 100% renewable energy
PARIS, FRANCE, November 23, 2015 â The personal fortunes of the 782 wealthiest people on the planet, many CEOs of majo...
23 November, 2015Position paper of Russian NGOs regarding the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11) in Paris, 2015
Russian environmental NGOs are concerned about the unacceptably slow pace of the preparation of the new UN climate agree...
06 November, 2015Pinocchio Climate Awards 2015: voting opens for dirtiest corporate Pinocchio
The companies most guilty of undermining climate action are exposed today in the Pinocchio Climate Awards. Cash from big...
05 November, 2015Friends of the Earth Cameroon: Environmentalist faces heavy sentence in Cameroon
Mr. Nasako Besingi, Director of the NGO Struggle to Economize our Future Environment (SEFE) was sentenced on November 3 ...
05 November, 2015Unfair deal under discussion at last UN meeting before Paris negotiations
Rich countries â those most responsible for climate change â are putting us on course for irreversible and more deva...
19 October, 2015Another dirty energy domino falls as Engie swears off new coal investments
French Minister of the Environment Ségolène Royal announced today that energy giant Engie will stop investing in coa...
14 October, 2015Friends of the Earth Nigeria to Nigerian Government: ‘Revoke AGIP operating licence’
This text is based on a special report by Friends of the Earth Nigeria
16 September, 2015Evictions, urban cleansing, and Climate Talks in Paris
Adèle, Clémence and Angie, three climate activists living in Paris, wrote this piece for Young Friends of the Earth Eu...
16 September, 2015Documentary highlights how mining and burning coal affects South Africa
Through first-hand testimony The Bliss of Ignorance investigates South Africa's complex relationship with one of the cou...
27 July, 2015