PRINCIPIOS DE AMIGOS DE LA TIERRA INTERNACIONAL PARA UNA RECUPERACIÓN CON JUSTICIA AMBIENTAL, SOCIAL, DE GÉNERO Y ECONÓMICA

This policy brief by Friends of the Earth International outlines four guiding principles for a 'just recovery' following the COVID-19 pandemic. The document argues that the pandemic was exacerbated by neoliberalism and systemic inequalities, and calls for a transformative change in the global economic and political system to prioritize human rights, ecological limits, and social justice over corporate profit.

• The COVID-19 pandemic is framed as a consequence of a systemic economic model that prioritizes profit over human rights and the environment, driven by a 'capitalista, patriarcal y racista' system and neoliberal globalization.
• Friends of the Earth International proposes four core principles for a just recovery: abandoning neoliberalism and austerity in favor of justice and ecological limits; basing recovery on multilateral cooperation and international solidarity; strengthening democracy and human rights; and addressing the structural causes of systemic crises (pandemic, inequality, climate, food, biodiversity, and care).
• The document demands that public funding and recovery packages prioritize marginalized groups, including Indigenous Peoples, Black and Afro-descendant communities, migrants, rural women, and the working class, while ensuring wealth redistribution and women's autonomy.
• To ensure a just recovery, the document calls for the nationalization or community/cooperative control of key economic sectors and public services—such as health, water, sanitation, transport, energy, education, and care—to ensure universal access and remove the profit motive.
• The brief advocates for a total shift away from fossil fuel dependency toward a 100% renewable energy future under state or community control, requiring the Global North to pay its 'historical climate debt' through non-reimbursable grants to the Global South.
• The document calls for a transformation of the agri-food system toward food sovereignty and agroecology, including the implementation of popular agrarian reforms and the elimination of intellectual property rights on seeds.
• The brief demands the end of corporate impunity through a legally binding international instrument at the UN regarding transnational corporations and human rights, and the dismantling of investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms.
• The document argues that the Global South is a creditor of a 'historical ecological debt' and therefore demands the cancellation of all debts owed by the Global South to the North.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2020). PRINCIPIOS DE AMIGOS DE LA TIERRA INTERNACIONAL PARA UNA RECUPERACIÓN CON JUSTICIA AMBIENTAL, SOCIAL, DE GÉNERO Y ECONÓMICA. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ATI_recuperacionn_justa_espanol.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. PRINCIPIOS DE AMIGOS DE LA TIERRA INTERNACIONAL PARA UNA RECUPERACIÓN CON JUSTICIA AMBIENTAL, SOCIAL, DE GÉNERO Y ECONÓMICA. 2020. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ATI_recuperacionn_justa_espanol.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternational2020principios, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{PRINCIPIOS DE AMIGOS DE LA TIERRA INTERNACIONAL PARA UNA RECUPERACIÓN CON JUSTICIA AMBIENTAL, SOCIAL, DE GÉNERO Y ECONÓMICA}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = aug, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ATI_recuperacionn_justa_espanol.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }