FOE INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is a federation of autonomous organisations from all over the world. Our members, in over 70 countries, campaign on the most urgent environmental and social issues, while working towards sustainable societies. FoEI currently has five international programs: Climate Justice and Energy; Economic Justice, Resisting Neoliberalism; Food Sovereignty; Forests and Biodiversity; and Resisting Mining, Oil and Gas.
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Welcome – Friends of the Earth India Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific is proud to announce the formation of Friends of the Earth India. Friends of the Earth has member groups in over 70 countries, uniting over 2.2 million members and supporters. During this year’s Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) Biennial General Meeting (BGM), held online in July, Friends of the Earth India was officially welcomed as the newest member of the FoEI federation.
What are the biggest environmental and social justice issues facing India in 2021? Three decades of economic reforms have increased inequality and accelerated the process of primitive accumulation in the country, posing a big challenge for the social movements today. Common property resources, such as forest, water, land and minerals are being acquired by the state in the name of ‘development’ and handed over to private capital for unabated profitmaking and exploitation. Unsustainable economic development and inequitable growth based on an economy dependent on the use of fossil-fuels and extractive www.foe.org.au
industries led to sharp rise in carbon emissions. The biggest victims of climate change are the poor and the marginalised as their everyday lives, livelihood and habitats are often at risk: particularly the urban working poor, the Himalayan and other hill people, fishing communities, coastal and island residents, small and marginal farmers and agricultural workers, Dalits, women, Adivasis, LGBTQI+ and forest dwellers.
What does it mean to be a member of FoEI? Being a member of FoEI means joining the wave of global solidarity and collective action to defend the rights of mother earth and reverse the climate crisis and ensuing inequity and inequality. We seek to amplify our struggles and movements, extend solidarity, build alliances, collaborate and contribute to the global processes and struggles and hold accountable the corporations and states which are pushing human civilisation to the brink of collapse. Learn more about FoE India at foeasiapacific.org. Chain Reaction #141
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