Friends of the Earth (Action), Inc. defends the environment and champions a healthy and just world.
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We are at the UN Convention on Biodiversity to guide policy that will protect our biosphere — but conversations have become dominated by voluntary false solutions like offsets.
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It's time to address the elephant in the room: governments and multinational companies are undermining biodiversity commitments, propping up the current corrupt financial system, & failing to back their climate commitments with money. #COP17
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The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's has granted membership to AAL — an Indonesian palm oil company that faces longstanding allegations of land grabbing, intimidation and criminalization of Human Rights Defenders, and permitting irregularities.
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CETP members cut international public finance for fossil fuels by ~80% from the 2019–2021 average
The Republic of Korea, Japan, & China should join by COP31 to build on this progress + reduce exposure to fuel price shocks.
Learn more: iisd.org/publications/brief/…
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Why do forest nations keep clearing the forests the world has committed to protect?
Often because they have no choice.
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This isn't bad luck or bad management. Sovereign debt is a key plank of the international financial architecture that coerces Global South countries to keep extracting.
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It’s so effective we've stopped questioning its basic assumptions. #CBDCOP17 can change that and address this hidden structural driver of nature loss.
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Livestock production is a huge contributor to deforestation and environmental destruction around the world.
We're at #COP17 this week, advocating for stronger commitments to stop the subsidies and financial institutions supporting the livestock industry.
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Indonesia has faced severe wildfires and biodiversity loss due to industrial activity.
Friends of the Earth staff and partners are at #COP17 this week to pressure banks to stop financing environmental destruction and governments to be more ambitious on climate action.
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Our staff are at #COP17 Convention on Biological Diversity this week, where world governments are discussing their progress (or lack thereof) on biodiversity targets
We're here to pressure governments to be more ambitious on climate action and to back their words with action.
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A new permitting bill would put polluters ahead of people, wildlife, and our environment.
Here’s what’s at stake:
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Harmful permit decisions made by the Trump administration could become nearly impossible to reverse.
Our communities deserve a say in what happens to our land, water, and wildlife. We can’t let corporate polluters sidestep accountability.
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Tell Congress to oppose this bill and defend our environmental protections. Take action at foe.org/public-lands
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