Friends of the Earth Australia's Page

As we know, the Copenhagen talks ended without agreement to set binding emissions reduction targets.

Instead, all that could be managed was a voluntary agreement, which was 'noted' rather than formally adopted.

Australia was one of the countries that lobbied for the Accord. The accord will list the voluntary emissions reduction targets by developed and developing countries, in Annexes to the main document. Countries are asked to provide their target by February 1, 2010.

We need to flood the P… Continue

In Copenhagen, the clock is ticking and the pressure is growing for the people of Africa.

A 2 degree global temperature rise will mean 3.5 degrees for Africa, with devastating impacts including droughts and famines which threaten millions of lives.

African governments are pushing for a strong and fair deal, with a target in line with the science.

But the rich countries, including the UK, are bullying the developing countries into accepting less money and weaker targets. Current proposals of E… Continue

It's now looking like almost all NGOs will be barred from the Bella Centre @ #COP15 for the final few days of negotiations.

It intensified yesterday with the exclusion of Friends of the Earth, TckTckTck and Avaaz. Apparently Greenpeace was excluded this morning (Australian time).

There is an action alert here, which calls on Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, to let NGOs attend.

Civil society and NGO's have every right to attend these talks and seek a fair deal for all.… Continue

hello all,

we have been posting daily action alerts around the Copenhagen talks. There is lots of info here: http://www.foei.org/ which has images from yesterday's 'Flood for climate justice' march.

This weekend we are trying to generate large numbers of people showing support for the G77 - developing nations - who are under great pressure to sign up to a weak, unjust deal that suits the rich western countries.

We are building a message of support via twitte… Continue

Like perhaps every other NGO in the universe, we will be at the Copenhagen negotiations.

Please keep an eye out for our mass mobilisation: the Flood - on Dec 12: http://www.foei.org/en/what-we-do/un-climate-talks/global/2009/join-us-in-copenhagen-for-the-flood

We have more than 30,000 signatures on our climate justice petition, but could always use a few more!:… Continue