Transforming a world in crisis to a sustainable and just future

Friends of the Earth International proposes a framework for 'system change' to address the interconnected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality. The document identifies five primary pathways for transformation: gender justice, energy sovereignty, food sovereignty, community forest management, and a regenerative economy. It critiques 'false solutions'—such as carbon markets and geoengineering—that allow corporations to profit while maintaining harmful structures. The report emphasizes the role of grassroots movements, the reclamation of the state for the common good, and internationalist solidarity to dismantle corporate power and patriarchy.

• The current global crisis is rooted in a systemic problem where neoliberal capitalism prioritizes profit for a few over the health of the planet and the majority of people, leading to ecological devastation and mass extinction.
• The report identifies 'false solutions' that reinforce harmful systems by creating an illusion of progress while allowing transnational corporations to continue profiting. These include carbon markets, biodiversity offsetting, geoengineering, and 'Climate Smart Agriculture'.
• A just energy transition requires a shift to a public, 100% renewable energy system managed as a common good, emphasizing energy sufficiency and the removal of subsidies for dirty energy.
• Food sovereignty is presented as a pathway to transform the industrial agribusiness model by ensuring the right to healthy, culturally appropriate food produced through agroecological methods and controlled by the producers themselves.
• Community Forest Management (CFM) is highlighted as a more effective tool for stopping deforestation and conserving biodiversity than absolute protection regimes; a study showed CFM areas had a deforestation rate of 0.24% compared to 1.47% in absolute protection areas.
• Gender justice is central to system change, requiring the dismantling of patriarchy and the sexual division of labour, and the creation of a feminist care economy that values reproductive and care work.
• Economic transformation requires shifting from GDP to wellbeing indicators, scaling up cooperatives, ensuring tax justice to reclaim revenue from tax havens, and establishing binding international rules to end corporate impunity.
• The report advocates for a 'new multilateralism' based on solidarity and the primacy of human and environmental rights over free-trade agreements and corporate interests.

APA

Bradbury, A., Cadena, L., Cossar-Gilbert, S., Drago, M., Nansen, K., Rojas, I., & Shaw, S. (2023). Transforming a world in crisis to a sustainable and just future. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/51-FoEI-Pathways-Report-ENG-rhr.pdf

Chicago

Bradbury, Adam, Lucy Cadena, Sam Cossar-Gilbert, Martín Drago, Karin Nansen, Isaac Rojas, and Sara Shaw. Transforming a world in crisis to a sustainable and just future. Friends of the Earth International, 2023. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/51-FoEI-Pathways-Report-ENG-rhr.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |last1=Bradbury |first1=Adam |last2=Cadena |first2=Lucy |last3=Cossar-Gilbert |first3=Sam |last4=Drago |first4=Martín |last5=Nansen |first5=Karin |last6=Rojas |first6=Isaac |last7=Shaw |first7=Sara |title=Transforming a world in crisis to a sustainable and just future |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=June 2023 |url=https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/51-FoEI-Pathways-Report-ENG-rhr.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{bradbury2023transforming, author = {Bradbury, Adam and Cadena, Lucy and Cossar-Gilbert, Sam and Drago, Martín and Nansen, Karin and Rojas, Isaac and Shaw, Sara}, title = {{Transforming a world in crisis to a sustainable and just future}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2023}, month = jun, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/51-FoEI-Pathways-Report-ENG-rhr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }