All over the world, monoculture plantations leave local communities without land, rights, and hope for a better future. On this International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, we stand in solidarity with affected communities and call out the expansion of these plantations.

Today marks the start of the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organising School (IFOS) in Nairobi, Kenya. Hundreds of grassroots African, Black and Indigenous feminists, are gathering until 15 September for the first edition of the IFOS in Africa. More: www.foei.org/charting-pat...

The Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organising School begins on Friday in Nairobi, Kenya. “We learn how to organise ourselves as a movement and to weave our political proposals together,” said Mercedes Gould, from Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean.

The struggle of communities affected by Chevron in the Ecuadorian Amazon will be featured at the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organising School (IFOS) in Nairobi, Kenya 11-15/9. “The only thing left for us is unity. It is about women standing together, so that we can resist.”

Chevron is more than a fossil fuel corporation. It is part of a global system that puts profit over peoples, human rights and the planet. Together with @udapt.bsky.social, @stoptncimpunity.bsky.social and others, we continue the struggle against corporate impunity and for #ClimateJustice

The Global Biodiversity Framework remains largely ineffective. Nele Marien, our Forests & Biodiversity programme coord, reflects on the subsidiary body of the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting Developing countries need funding and the GBF must finally address the root causes of the crisis

Two irreplaceable people have been taken from us. Esther and Javier dedicated their lives to defending their land and the rights of its people. Javier was one of the leaders of La Vía Campesina who guided us in our Food Sovereignty work. May the earth rest lightly on you.

We are celebrating the launch of a Common Political Action Agenda on Food Sovereignty and towards system change! The #NyeleniForum has brought together grassroots movements from all regions of the world to build a united front against fascism and corporate power. www.foei.org/victory/move...

Movements come together for System Change at the third Nyéléni Forum - Friends of the Earth International

The third Nyéléni Global Forum was a historic milestone in the fight for global food sovereignty and system change, gathering 700 people from 500 movements.

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Soon, the Chair will release a new "no surprises" draft text. Our message to negotiators: the mandate is to end plastic pollution. The majority of countries are ready to deliver on that mandate. Keep going and don't settle for less. Full statement: bit.ly/4vbnx2C

Plastics Negotiations Resume with Multilateralism on the Line - Center for International Environmental Law

Voluntary pledges and waste management alone won't end plastic pollution. CIEL urges negotiators to deliver binding rules on production and chemicals.

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Les communautés pastorales ont joué un rôle crucial dans la production alimentaire et la préservation de la biodiversité. Elles sont aujourd’hui confrontées à de graves défis. Le Bulletin Nyéléni diffuse l’Agenda d’action politique commun du 3e Forum mondial Nyéléni. nyeleni.org/fr/category/...

Pastoralist communities have played a crucial role in food production and the protection of biodiversity. Today, they face serious challenges. The Nyéléni Bulletin also publicises the Common Political Action Agenda of 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum. @infonyeleni.bsky.social nyeleni.org/en/category/...

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✊We did it! The Center for Environmental Justice / Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka played a key role in the historic ruling that saw X-Press Feeders fined one billion dollars for the pollution caused by the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster 👉 www.foei.org/victory/x-pr...

X-Press Pearl: Sri Lanka’s $1B Polluter Pays ruling

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court applies the polluter pays principle in the X-Press Pearl disaster. Learn how CEJ secured $1B for justice.

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GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST CHEVRON 🚫🛢️ We held demonstrations in dozens of countries to protest the impunity of the transnational oil company Chevron (formerly Texaco) and in solidarity with the affected Amazonian peoples and communities. 🌱✊🏽 In the face of devastating projects, we protect and defend life.

Israeli water company, Mekorot, profits from the systematic theft and control of Palestinian water resources as a key player in the machinery of Israeli occupation and #HumanRights violations. Read our latest blog, Water apartheid and the Palestinian struggle for justice 👇 bit.ly/4u2H8RQ

Mekorot: Water apartheid & Palestinian struggle for justice

Mekorot profits from the systematic theft and control of Palestinian water as a key player in the machinery of Israeli occupation and human rights violations.

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This is it. Our lawyers gave their final argument. You could feel the tension in the Supreme Court. And now, we wait… Curious what it was like inside? Read everything here: https://bit.ly/4tV2DnL

A historic day: Shell Climate Case before the Supreme Court

This is the moment we have been working towards for years. There was an almost palpable tension in the courtroom, as if

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Those who destroy nature attack its defenders. Corporations continuously rely on violence to exploit new territories at the expense of human rights. In this opinion piece, Nele Marien makes the case for the need for a legally #BindingTreaty on corporations. Read here: www.foei.org/those-who-de...

Those who destroy nature attack its defenders

Corporations resort to violence to destroy nature and exploit new territories. We need binding rules for corporations to protect people and biodiversity.

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On #BiodiversityDay we examine ties between biodiversity and human rights. Corporations destroy natural environments and Indigenous territories, violating the human rights of the land defenders. Profits from human rights violations and biodiversity destruction must end👇 www.foei.org/publication/...

Biodiversity and Human Rights - Exposing corporate power

‘Biodiversity and Human Rights, exposing corporate power, strengthening people’s struggles’ shows how biodiversity loss and human rights violations are linked

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Today, we join groups across the world standing in solidarity with the Union of People Affected by Chevron-Texaco/ Friends of the Earth Ecuador ✊ We delivered a letter to the Ecuadorian Embassy in DC to stand together with our international community. @foeint.bsky.social

Ecuador must not pay Chevron ❌ For over 30 years, Ecuadorian communities have been fighting Chevron (formerly Texaco) for polluting and appropriating their land. On this Anti-Chevron Day, we stand together with our international community to demand justice for the victims of big polluters.

Today, we join groups across the world standing in solidarity with the Union of People Affected by Chevron-Texaco/ Friends of the Earth Ecuador ✊ 🧵

Join us in our call for justice for communities affected by polluted rivers and rainforest ecosystems in the Ecuadorian Amazon. @udapt.bsky.social #indigenouscommunities #protectnature #pollution #amazonrainforest

Chevron. No crimes. No impunity. No evasion of justice Ecuador must NOT pay Chevron; it must demand that Chevron PAY those affected by environmental destruction #Solidarity action from Melbourne, Australia #DoNOTPayChevron #StopImpunity @foeint.bsky.social @udapt.bsky.social

In Ecuador, Chevron has caused severe environmental pollution and health impacts through its oil operations for decades. FoE Japan stand with affected communities. Ecuador MUST NOT PAY Chevron. ❌ #NOPagarAChevron #BastaDeImpunidad #DoNOTPayChevron @udapt.bsky.social @foeint.bsky.social

The anti-Chevron week of action is coming ✊ Transnational corporations like Chevron hide behind commercial law to defend the market and profit. In contrast, communities sustain, defend and nurture life. Ecuador MUST NOT PAY Chevron. @udapt.bsky.social #DontPayChevron #StopCorporateImpunity

Ecuador must not pay Chevron! ❌ The ruling in favour of Chevron and against Ecuador violates national sovereignty and prevents real access to justice for those affected. As we get closer and closer to the Anti-Chevron action, we reaffirm: #DontPayChevron @udapt.bsky.social

📽️GLOBAL GRAB: Mozambique's Coal and Jindal's extractive curse Justiça Ambiental / FoE Mozambique + FoEI invite you to learn about the struggle of affected communities for the right to say NO to extractivism destroying lives, ecosystems + climate for corporate profit www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s0R...

GLOBAL GRAB: Mozambique's Coal and Jindal's extractive curse

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⚖️🇪🇨 The Ecuadorian courts have ruled: CHEVRON MUST COMPENSATE for the damage caused in the Ecuadorian Amazon. More than 30,000 affected people fought for over 30 years to achieve this. #EndImpunity In the days leading up to the Anti-Chevron action❌🛢️, we reaffirm #DontPayChevron

Transnational corporations are using secretive Investor-State Dispute Settlement tribunals to sue states over policies that could risk their profits ISDS threatens peoples, planet and the Feminist and Just Energy transition We've signed on to say NO to ISDS europeantradejustice.org/2026-isds-st...

⚡PRESS RELEASE First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels closes with limited progress but commitment from movements to a truly just energy transition Read here 👇 bit.ly/4cR1gkR

FoEI calls for just energy transition-Santa Marta conference

First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels closes in Santa Marta, Colombia, after negotiations and a People’s Summit for a just energy transition.

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