At Friends of the Earth Europe, we believe in people power. Histories have been made all because communities, collectives, and movements got together, got organised, and took action. With rising energy prices and the climate crisis at our doorstep it is time that we took control of our own futures, starting with the fight against …
Study: International solidarity and the struggle against corporate power
This report examines the definition of collective rights and how they relate to the defence of human rights through an environmental justice perspective. It provides reflections from Latin America on COVID-19 and corporate violations of human – and collective rights. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how unviable neoliberalism – from its doctrine to its actions …
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A ‘Gastastrophic’ Mistake
The attack on Ukraine brought Europe’s dependency on Russian oil and gas into the limelight earlier in 2022. But the EU doesn’t only rely on fossil fuel supplies from Russia. Research by Corporate Europe Observatory illustrates the EU’s dependence on fossil gas from all over, and how this is a consequence of the fossil fuel industry’s successful capture …
How biotech giants use patents & new GMOs to control the future of food
This briefing warns that the patent rules are being abused and the consequences of exempting new GMOs from GM regulations could be dire for climate resilience and the future of our food.
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Pesticide Atlas – Facts and figures about toxic chemicals in agriculture
The new and first Pesticide Atlas reveals new facts and data on global pesticide use and trade, its impact on people, their health and biodiversity, and alternative solutions.
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Open letter: Reform the EU’s economic rules for wellbeing of all people and planet
Friends of the Earth Europe joined over 130 civil society organisations in sending a letter to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to demand that the IFC stop using public taxpayer dollars to finance exploitative industrial agriculture.
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