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Friends of the Earth International asserts that the current global energy model, dominated by fossil fuels and corporate-led 'false solutions', is driving a planetary emergency. The statement criticizes the Paris Agreement as insufficient and legally unenforceable, calling for urgent emission reductions by wealthy nations and a shift toward decentralized, community-led energy systems.

The statement by Friends of the Earth International characterizes the current climate situation as a 'planetary emergency' and criticizes the Paris Agreement for lacking legal enforcement and science-based cuts. It calls for the immediate end of fossil fuels—noting that over 1600 new coal plants are planned in 62 countries—and warns against 'false solutions' such as nuclear power and large-scale hydroelectric projects. The document advocates for a just transition where developed countries, whose 10% population is responsible for 50% of emissions, lead deep cuts and fund sustainable development in the global South. It promotes decentralized, people-centered community energy, agroecology, and community forest management as the only viable future.

Friends of the Earth International calls for a global movement to replace the centralized fossil fuel industry and other harmful energy sources—including nuclear power and large hydroelectric dams—with community-centered, sustainable energy. The statement asserts that the Paris Agreement is insufficient to limit warming to 1.5 degrees and demands that developed nations, responsible for the majority of emissions, lead emission reductions and provide financial support to the Global South.

Scientists for Global Responsibility and other campaign organisations condemn the sponsorship of 'New Scientist Live' by Shell and BAE Systems, arguing that such partnerships provide unethical companies with unmerited social legitimacy and allow them to deflect from their environmental and human rights impacts.

The document denounces the neoliberal capitalist system and the 'destructive practices' of transnational corporations as drivers of climate injustice and disaster severity in the Global South. It specifically highlights the impact of Hurricane Irma and earthquakes in Mexico, arguing that the most vulnerable are disproportionately affected. The statement rejects 'false solutions' such as the financialization of nature and REDD, instead advocating for 'people’s solutions' including food sovereignty, agroecology, and energy sovereignty to preserve life and manage the commons.

Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean denounces the arrest of students from the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) on September 8, 2017, during peaceful protests. The organization describes these actions as part of a broader pattern of criminalization and repression against human rights and land defenders in Honduras, specifically those opposing the privatization of public education.

The document highlights the critical state of environmental democracy, urging the 47 state parties of the Aarhus Convention to uphold the authority of its compliance committee, prioritize public welfare over corporate profit, and promote environmental rights globally.

A coalition of environmental and advocacy organizations opposes an amendment to California SB 488 that would limit the Insurance Commissioner's ability to conduct data calls and surveys. The authors argue that restricting this authority, specifically the provision limiting data calls to activity within California, would undermine the state's ability to monitor material financial risks associated with climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy, effectively ending initiatives like the Climate Risk Carbon Initiative.

Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (ATALC) condemns attacks against COPINH leaders Berta Zúñiga, Sotero Chavarría, and Asunción Martínez in Honduras. The statement links these threats to an 'extractivist model' and 'water privatization strategies' often masked as development or purification projects, specifically citing the role of USAID in generating community confrontations. ATALC calls for the Honduran government to protect indigenous and peasant defenders and urges the international community to monitor the situation to ensure social and environmental justice.

The document argues that the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board is creating an artificial distinction between 'development' and 'adaptation', which hinders the approval of funding for Least Developed Countries. The authors contend that effective adaptation must address underlying socioeconomic vulnerabilities—such as livelihood diversification and public health—rather than focusing solely on quantifiable technological infrastructure. They call for the GCF to move toward programmatic approaches and require a 'theory of change' from project proponents to link activities to enhanced resilience.

Friends of the Earth International (via ATALC and ATI) responds to the June 7, 2017, court hearing of four suspects in the murder of Berta Cáceres, arguing that identifying both the material perpetrators and the underlying interests behind the crime is essential to protect indigenous and peasant communities in Honduras from further persecution and murder.

Following a court hearing on June 7 in Tegucigalpa, ATALC and Friends of the Earth International call for the identification of the interests and intellectual perpetrators behind the March 2016 murder of Berta Cáceres to end impunity for crimes against indigenous and peasant communities in Honduras.

The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) asserts that NAFTA has historically expanded resource-intensive industries and weakened regulations through investor protections. In Mexico, this has led to increased factory farming, toxic pollution from maquiladoras, and extensive mining activities. In Canada, the agreement's proportionality clause has supported the expansion of tar sands oil and other carbon-intensive energy. CIEL advocates for a new trade system that eliminates fossil fuel subsidies, removes the investor-state dispute settlement system, and prioritizes the precautionary principle and climate safeguards.

The author calls for a large turnout at the 2017 Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C., to signal that Americans still care about climate change despite the political climate of the Trump administration. The text highlights the 2014 march as a catalyst for previous U.S. climate actions, such as the Clean Power Plan and the Paris agreement, and emphasizes the need for solidarity and systemic political accountability to protect the planet.

A coalition of health and environmental experts calls on West Midlands mayoral candidates to implement Clean Air Zones and invest in sustainable transport to address widespread air pollution. The letter highlights that legal pollution limits are exceeded in every local authority in the region, contributing to cardiovascular disease and asthma, and urges candidates to support a new national Clean Air Act.

The document asserts that public health and environmental safeguards must be based on peer-reviewed science to prevent human death and resource destruction. It specifically challenges claims by the EPA Administrator that carbon dioxide is not the primary driver of climate change and that human contributions to CO2 are unknown. Furthermore, it warns that proposed 2018 budget cuts to zero out government climate research and cancel NASA and NOAA spacecraft would eliminate the only impartial counterbalance to industry-funded research intended to debunk environmental science.

CIEL supports the March for Science to defend the role of empirical evidence in policy and law, specifically highlighting the need for science-based identification criteria for endocrine disruptors (EDCs) in the European Union to prevent health issues like cancers and infertility.

Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) supports the March for Science, advocating for science that serves the common good rather than those in power. The organization criticizes the US government for suppressing climate science and ignoring evidence, while also warning against the power of large corporations and the fossil fuel industry to shape research agendas and undermine scientific evidence.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) has called on Anglo American to act transparently in the sale of three operational and four closed coal mines to Seriti Resources. The CER argues that the trend of large mining companies selling assets with significant environmental liabilities to smaller companies often leads to a failure to comply with rehabilitation obligations. The CER requests that Anglo American publicly disclose mining licences, environmental management programmes, social and labour plans, and assessments of environmental liability and financial provision for rehabilitation to ensure these obligations are not ultimately shifted to the South African state and public.

RMI opposes the Protecting Americans from Credit Exploitation bill, which seeks to apply bank and mortgage lending regulations to Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. RMI contends that PACE is a property assessment, not a mortgage, and that applying mortgage-style regulations would jeopardize its ability to provide affordable financing for energy and water efficiency retrofits. The document advocates for national consumer protection standards tailored to the nature of PACE, citing California's existing regulatory framework as a successful model.