Brussels/Copenhagen, December 11 – The chances of reaching a just and fair international agreement on combating climate change are extremely slim today after European Heads of State failed to significantly strengthen the EU’s position for Copenhagen. At a meeting in Brussels, EU leaders agreed not to increase the 20% emission reduction target by 2020, compared …
Five thousand people flood Copenhagen for climate justice
Copenhagen, Denmark, December 12 – More than five thousand people from around the world have joined Friends of the Earth International’s ‘Flood for climate justice’ this morning in Copenhagen to demand climate justice and an end to offsetting carbon emissions. The spectacular, blue-coloured crowd flooded through the streets of Copenhagen with a clear message to …
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The Angry Mermaid winner is…
Copenhagen, Denmark, December 15 – The winner of the Angry Mermaid Award 2009, announced by award-winning writer and journalist Naomi Klein at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen today is the biotech giant Monsanto with 37% of the total vote [1]. Oil giant Shell took second place (18%) in the Award for lobbying to sabotage …
Danish PM tries to derail UN climate talks
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, December 16, 2009 – Friends of the Earth International denounced today an attempt by the Danish Prime Minister to derail the UN negotiations in favour of rich countries and condemned the exclusion of critical civil society voices – including Friends of the Earth – from the UN climate conference. “The Danish Prime Minister …
Friends of the Earth suspended from UN climate talks
Copenhagen, Brussels, December 16 – Friends of the Earth representatives have been barred from the United Nations climate talks in the Bella Centre in Copenhagen today. Every delegate from the international environmental campaign group arrived at the centre this morning to find their badges were no longer valid. Friends of the Earth representatives from countries …
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Climate hopes dashed in Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, December 18, 2009 – Commenting on the failure of rich country governments to secure a strong and fair UN agreement to tackle climate change in Copenhagen, Magda Stoczkiewicz, director of Friends of the Earth Europe said: “Politicians cannot call this ‘outcome’ a success when in fact nothing meaningful has been agreed. Negotiations must …
