Preamble: In an era marked by the increasingly palpable ramifications of climate change, the interplay between its impacts and humanitarian crises has intensified. Marginalised and vulnerable...
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More than 90 UK civil society organisations have written to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today to demand that he keeps his promise on climate finance
More than 90 UK civil society organisations from environment, international development, education, trade union, disability inclusion, trade, humanitarian, business, and faith groups have written to...
Pertenecemos a la Tierra: 10 Años de las Directrices de Tenencia: Los Estados deben afrontar el aumento de las desigualdades y promulgar la reforma agraria para hacer realidad el derecho a la tierra - Declaración internacional
Con motivo del 10º aniversario de las Directrices sobre la gobernanza responsable de la tenencia de la tierra, la pesca y los bosques (Directrices de Tenencia), nosotras, organizaciones de...
Nous appartenons à la Terre : 10 ans de Directives sur la gouvernance foncière : Les États doivent s'attaquer d'urgence à la montée des inégalités et mettre en œuvre une réforme agraire pour réaliser le droit à la terre - Déclaration internationale
À l'occasion du 10e anniversaire des Directives sur la gouvernance responsable des régimes fonciers applicables aux terres, aux pêches et aux forêts (Directives sur la gouvernance foncière), nous,...
We Belong to the Land: 10 Years of the Tenure Guidelines: States Must Address Rising Inequalities and Enact Agrarian Reform to Realize the Right to Land - International Statement
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (Tenure Guidelines), we, organizations of small-scale food producers,...
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Nearly 200 charities call on PM not to do a u-turn by reducing UK spend on aid
Nearly 200 UK humanitarian, development and domestic charity leaders and leaders, including The National Federation of Women’s Institutes, Save the Children, Greenpeace UK, UNICEF UK and Friends of...
Global grassroots organisations demand radical transformation of food systems to tackle the impacts of COVID-19
Rome, 12 October 2020 – The COVID-19 food crisis is closely linked to economic, social, gender and environmental injustices of free-market neoliberalism, says a report launched today by the largest...
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Calls for just solutions for climate induced migration in Asia Pacific: Untold stories of People impacted by climate change
Impacts that could fuel a rise in food and water prices, increasing competition and conflicts among communities over depleted resources. The economic impacts could reach further than the agriculture...
Lagos Water Crisis: Alternative Roadmap for Public Water Sector
For nearly two years, people in Lagos, Nigeria have been mobilizing to demand a public water system that delivers clean, safe water to all residents. Today, we’re thrilled to announce the next step...
Marrakech must deliver concrete actions this second week
What Marrakech Must Deliver For People And The Planet As we go into the second week of COP22, Friends of the Earth International asserts that Marrakech must deliver concrete actions for the sake of...
Paris Agreement comes into force but sets us on course for a 3.5 degree world, says Friends of the Earth International
On Friday 4 November, just days before the UN climate talks open in Marrakech, the Paris Agreement comes into force. Friends of the Earth International reiterates its concern that without greater...
Emergency support needed to slow down ebola in Liberia
MONROVIA (LIBERIA), August 25, 2014 -- Friends of the Earth International has launched an appeal to help Friends of the Earth Liberia and local partners to provide community relief, support and...
No progress: An evaluation of the implementation of UNEP’s environmental assessment of Ogoniland, three years on
Nigerian Government and Shell continue to ignore horrendous pollution in Niger Delta Abuja/Amsterdam/Brussels/London, August 4, 2014 – The systemic failure of the Nigerian government and oil giant...
Civil Society walks out of Warsaw Climate Talks, says hope lies with building peoples’ power
WARSAW, POLAND, November 21, 2013 – Today, one day before the planned conclusion of the Warsaw UN climate talks, hundreds of individuals from all continents representing social movements, trade...
Liberian government spending too little on agriculture
Civil society raises concerns on prioritization of land allocation to foreign investors and insufficient public agricultural budget MONROVIA (LIBERIA), September 12, 2013 – The Liberian government is...
Friends of the Earth groups call on Shell to clean up Nigeria oil spills
AMSTERDAM (THE NETHERLANDS) / LAGOS (NIGERIA), 5 August 2013 – Exactly two years after a United Nations report exposed oil giant Shell's systematic contamination of Ogoniland in Nigeria, Friends of...
30 January: Verdict Expected in Court Case on Oil Giant Shell's Nigerian Oil Pollution
THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS, OCTOBER 11, 2012 -- For the first time in history, a Dutch court verdict is expected about the case of a European company, Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, which appeared in...
Gates Foundation-led Green Revolution Promotes False Solutions to Hunger in Africa
Friends of the Earth International warns against damaging industrial farming promoted by the Gates Foundation at the Agricultural Green Revolution Forum 2012, Arusha, Tanzania on 26-28 September. ...
A study on land grabbing cases in Uganda
NEW REPORT UNCOVERS LAND GRAB IN UGANDA Washington / Brussels / Kampala (Uganda) 23rd April 2012: Released on the eve of a World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty [1], a new report reveals...
Climate: Disastrous "Durban package" accelerates onset of climate catastrophe
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 13 DECEMBER 2011 – The UN climate talks in Durban were a failure and take the world a significant step back by further undermining an already flawed, inadequate multilateral...