Déclaration de Kandy

The Kandy Declaration, issued during the 3rd Nyéléni World Forum in Sri Lanka, is a call for systemic transformation by a global coalition of social movements, Indigenous peoples, and civil society. It argues that capitalism and imperialism drive multiple crises—including climate change, biodiversity loss, and food insecurity—through extractivism, industrial agriculture, and the commodification of nature. The document advocates for a transition toward agroecology, food sovereignty, and feminist economies, while demanding the reform of the UN multilateral system to prioritize people over corporate interests. Key commitments include fighting for a legally binding treaty on transnational corporate accountability, implementing a feminist and just energy transition, and opposing 'green and blue' neoliberal regimes.

• The document identifies a systemic crisis driven by capitalism and imperialism, which commodifies ecosystems and biodiversity, leading to simultaneous crises in food, health, climate, and biodiversity.
• The authors criticize 'green and blue' neoliberal regimes and the increasing financialization of territories as new colonial frontiers that facilitate extractivism and the appropriation of land and marine resources, including rare earths.
• The industrial agro-model is condemned for violating the right to food and health through the use of monocultures, GMOs, agrotoxins, and industrial aquaculture.
• The coalition calls for a feminist and just energy transition that treats energy as a common good, ensures people's control over energy resources, and promotes community-managed renewable energies.
• There is a demand for the transformation of the UN multilateral system to end corporate influence over global institutions like the FAO and WHO, and to ensure the full implementation of UNDRIP and UNDROP.
• The declaration supports the creation of a legally binding treaty to hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights violations and calls for a strong Global Plastic Pollution Treaty.
• The document advocates for food sovereignty and the protection of seed sovereignty against the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) and digital biopiracy.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2025). Déclaration de Kandy. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FR_KANDY-DECLARATION.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Déclaration de Kandy. 2025. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FR_KANDY-DECLARATION.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Friends of the Earth International |title=Déclaration de Kandy |date=September 2025 |url=https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FR_KANDY-DECLARATION.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{friendsoftheearthinternational2025dclaration, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Déclaration de Kandy}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/FR_KANDY-DECLARATION.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }