COP21 has reached its end game. The Durban platform closed on Saturday, and a new draft has been negotiated by ministers has now been published. Despite countless closed door meetings, late night sessions, unprecedented exclusion of civil society and attempts by powerful Northern countries to hasten the process, little has been achieved so far. One …
YFoEE criticise draft deal at COP21, denouncing the dangerous agenda by rich countries
Today, we organised an action at the COP21, criticising the draft Paris agreement released over the weekend. We used a giant locked door to symbolise the barring of civil society observers from the negotiations, and the nature of the conference as a venue for backroom deals. The draft text flies in the face of the …
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Communities Must Be at the Heart of the Struggle for Climate Justice
Jamie Gorman & Romina Ranke from Young Friends of The Earth Europe, beautifully summarise why is it important to stand in solidarity with social and climate movements from Global South, and why frontline communities fighting climate change are building the real solutions to the climate crisis. After 21 years with no sign of equity or …
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Climate myth #7: Technology will save us
In the run up to theCOP21 UN climate talks in Paris this December (more here on how to join us and take action), we’re busting some commonly-heard c limate myths, from big business being part of the solution to putting our faith in techno-fixes. Catch up with last week’s mythbuster – “climate change is (only) …
Climate Justice Groups: UN Climate Talks are ‘a rigged game’
PRESS RELEASE: – Paris, 1st December 2015 UN CLIMATE TALKS ARE “A RIGGED GAME”, CLIMATE JUSTICE GROUPS SAY IN ACTION Today, December 1st, Young Friends of the Earth Europe together with other climate justice youth groups, organised an action at the UN climate talks in Paris criticising developed countries for their attempts to remove historical …
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Climate myth #6: Climate change is (only) an environmental issue
In the run up to the COP21 UN climate talks in Paris this December (more here on how to join us and take action), we’re busting some commonly-heard climate myths, from big business being part of the solution to putting our faith in techno-fixes. Catch up with last week’s mythbuster – “We can solve climate …
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Young Friends of the Earth activists determined to lead the way in the fight for climate justice at COP21
On Monday, more than 140 world Heads of State will launch two weeks of climate talks in Paris. Young Friends of the Earth Europe (YFoEE), together with Friends of the Earth International, expect they will deliver an unprecedented, but weak global agreement. We do not have high expectations for the outcome, but the YFoEE team …
Climate myth #5: We can solve climate change ourselves by changing our lifestyles
In the run up to the COP21 UN climate talks in Paris this December (more here on how to join us and take action), we’re busting some commonly-heard climate myths, from big business being part of the solution to putting our faith in techno-fixes. Catch up with last week’s mythbuster – “We need an agreement …
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Young French activists denounce the exclusion of civil society from the Global South
PRESS RELEASE – Paris, November 10, 2015 COP21: Young French activists denounce the exclusion of civil society from the Global South This morning, fifteen activists from Young Friends of the Earth France denounced the exclusion of civil society from the Global South from the UN climate talks by French authorities. In the last few …
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Climate Myth #4: We need an agreement at any cost!
In the run up to the COP21 UN climate talks in Paris this December (more here on how to join us and take action), we’re busting some commonly-heard climate myths, from big business being part of the solution to putting our faith in techno-fixes. Catch up with last week’s mythbuster – “The EU is leading …