À nous la souveraineté énergétique, tout de suite !

This executive summary of an energy manifesto by Friends of the Earth International calls for a systemic overhaul of the global energy system to achieve energy sovereignty and climate justice. The document argues that the current capitalist model drives ecological collapse and social inequality, proposing a transition to a people-centered system based on 10 key demands. It advocates for treating energy as a common good rather than a commodity, prioritizing small-scale renewable technologies, and ensuring a just transition that protects workers' rights and addresses historical climate debts owed by the Global North.

• The current economic model of resource extraction and distribution has led to biodiversity collapse, a global climate crisis, and extreme inequalities between and within countries.
• Energy should be treated as a fundamental human right and a common good rather than a commodity for corporate profit. The document emphasizes that energy sovereignty allows affected communities to decide if the environmental and social costs of energy production are acceptable.
• There is a severe imbalance in global energy consumption: the richest 10% of the population produce the same amount of carbon emissions as the rest of the world, while the richest 1% emit as much as the 3.5 billion poorest people.
• Wealthy Northern countries bear a colossal historical responsibility for climate change and must provide climate policy financing to the South. Potential funding sources include redirecting military spending, taxing the wealthy, and abolishing tax havens, the latter of which could potentially provide 100% renewable energy to half the world in under 20 years.
• A transition to 100% renewable energy requires the immediate abandonment of all new polluting energy projects, including fossil fuels, nuclear energy, mega-dams, industrial biofuels, industrial biomass, and waste-to-energy incineration.
• The fastest and most equitable path to renewable energy is through decentralized, small-scale technologies managed by communities and municipalities under democratic control, which increases resilience to disasters and protects biodiversity.
• A 'just transition' must protect the livelihoods of millions of workers in agriculture, energy, and transport, ensuring that new jobs offer strong unionization and collective organization rights, while avoiding corporate bailouts for polluting industries.
• Climate justice is inseparable from social justice and requires the dismantling of structural oppressions, including patriarchy, racism, and classism. The document highlights that women are disproportionately affected by climate change and calls for a feminist economy that values care work.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). À nous la souveraineté énergétique, tout de suite ! https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/14-FoEI-PPN-manifesto-summary-A5-12-pager-FR-lr-hyperlinks.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. À nous la souveraineté énergétique, tout de suite ! n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/14-FoEI-PPN-manifesto-summary-A5-12-pager-FR-lr-hyperlinks.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternationalndnous, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{À nous la souveraineté énergétique, tout de suite !}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/14-FoEI-PPN-manifesto-summary-A5-12-pager-FR-lr-hyperlinks.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }