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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the proposed Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) and model trading rules for greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility generating units. EESI advocates for a more holistic approach that gives equal weight to biomass, combined heat and power (CHP), and demand-side energy efficiency alongside other renewables. The organization also emphasizes the need to protect environmental justice communities from pollution 'hot spots' created by trading schemes and suggests improvements to the Clean Energy Investment Program (CEIP) to better support low-income housing and energy retrofits.

The Mississippi River Restoration & Resilience Initiative (MRRRI) is proposed as a federal framework to address ecological decline, flood vulnerability, and pollution in the Mississippi River basin. Modeled after the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, MRRRI would direct the EPA to collaborate with states, tribal nations, and local governments to implement an action plan focused on reducing runoff pollution, managing flood risks, and restoring wildlife habitats. The proposal highlights the economic importance of the river, which supports a $500 billion-a-year economy and 1.5 million jobs, while noting that inaction leaves communities—particularly low-income, rural, and Indigenous populations—vulnerable to environmental and financial risks.

A technical analysis indicates California can reach 85 percent carbon-free electricity by 2030 even under extreme stressors, such as the August 2020 heat waves and the retirement of one-third of natural gas capacity. To support this, the brief recommends diversifying clean energy resources (including offshore wind and geothermal), phasing out natural gas plants—particularly in disadvantaged communities—and leveraging demand-side resources like energy efficiency and demand response. It also suggests improving regional coordination across Western states and refining reliability evaluation tools used by the CPUC, CEC, and CAISO.

This research paper examines the lack of environmental justice in Nigeria's Niger Delta, focusing on the role of transnational oil corporations and the struggle of civil society and impacted communities to seek legal redress.

Friends of the Earth International has established a commitment and a corresponding institutional policy to eliminate sexual violence and harassment within its federation. The organization views violence as a tool of patriarchal control that disproportionately affects marginalized groups, including Black, Indigenous, migrant, and LGBTQ+ women. To combat this, the federation adopts a 'zero tolerance' approach based on five core principles: zero tolerance, prevention, survivor-centricity, confidentiality/protection, and transparency. The document emphasizes prevention through political training and the creation of safe spaces to dismantle patriarchal power structures and ensure an environment where violence is neither normalized nor tolerated.

Friends of the Earth International commits to a zero-tolerance approach toward violence and sexual harassment, framing gender justice as essential to its broader struggle for social and environmental justice. The organization identifies how patriarchal power relations disproportionately affect marginalized groups, including women of colour, indigenous women, and LGBTQ+ individuals. To implement this commitment, the federation utilizes a Policy on Violence and Sexual harassment based on five principles: zero tolerance, prevention, survivor-centeredness, confidentiality/protection, and transparency. The policy aims to dismantle patriarchy and power relations through training, safe spaces, and institutional procedures.

Friends of the Earth International argues that the COVID-19 pandemic is a result of a neoliberal economic system prioritizing profit over people and the environment. To achieve a 'just recovery,' the organization proposes four principles: abandoning neoliberalism and austerity in favor of ecological limits and wealth redistribution; fostering multilateral cooperation and international solidarity, including the cancellation of Global South debt; strengthening democracy and human rights; and addressing systemic crises—including climate, biodiversity, and food—through a total system change. Key demands include transitioning to 100% renewable energy under state or community control, implementing food sovereignty via agroecology, and ensuring public services like health and energy are guaranteed rights funded by fair fiscal policies.

The document argues that current global models of production and consumption driven by neoliberal economic globalisation lead to increasing human and environmental rights violations. It advocates for the recognition of specific new rights, including the right to a sustainable livelihood, a clean and healthy environment, and the right to resist unwanted developments. It emphasizes that collective rights are essential for the survival and cultural preservation of indigenous peoples and minorities, noting that some legal recognition exists in Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Additionally, it highlights the necessity of the 'right to know' to counter corporate and government secrecy and the 'right to resist' as a fundamental democratic right, despite the risks faced by activists worldwide.

The document argues that the COVID-19 pandemic and other socio-ecological crises stem from a capitalist and neoliberal system. It proposes a recovery based on four principles: abandoning neoliberalism and austerity in favor of state-led justice and ecological limits; fostering multilateral cooperation and international solidarity, including debt cancellation for the Global South; strengthening democracy and human rights; and addressing systemic crises—including climate and biodiversity loss—through transformative change, such as transitioning to agroecology and renewable energy managed by local communities.

The document is a 'zine' collecting conversations and educational tools from young members of Friends of the Earth in Africa and Europe. It focuses on strengthening inter-regional solidarity, addressing systemic oppressions like patriarchy and colonialism, and overcoming barriers to youth participation in environmental justice. Key components include learning tools for analyzing historical colonial relations and systemic oppression, as well as personal testimonies on the impacts of industrial pollution in South Africa and land grabbing in Liberia.

The report documents a series of interregional exchanges between youth activists from Africa and Europe, focusing on the intersection of environmental justice, colonialism, and systemic oppression. It provides practical learning tools for analyzing historical inequalities and dismantling patriarchy, while highlighting the challenges of interregional solidarity, such as visa restrictions for African activists. Personal testimonies emphasize the impact of industrial pollution in South Africa and the marginalization of youth in Liberia, arguing that true climate justice requires freedom of movement and a genuine commitment to listening to the Global South.

The document is a zine detailing a cross-regional exchange between youth activists from Africa and Europe. It focuses on dismantling systemic oppressions like patriarchy and colonialism, challenging visa injustices that hinder Global South participation in climate governance, and promoting intergenerational learning within the environmental justice movement.

The document asserts that the climate crisis is exacerbated by 'corporate and elite capture' of political processes, where narrow interests from polluting industries influence governments to resist urgent economic transformation. It highlights how this influence manifests through lobbying, funding, and 'revolving doors,' and argues that underlying power imbalances created by neoliberal trade and investment liberalisation prioritise short-term corporate profits over environmental protection and human well-being. The briefing specifically critiques the trajectory of the UNFCCC and the promotion of 'false solutions' like carbon capture and storage and nuclear energy.

The document highlights a global trend of violence against environmental defenders, often linked to conflicts between powerful economic interests and local communities over territory and natural resources. It calls for the establishment of legally binding norms for transnational corporations and the protection of the right to self-determination to ensure social and environmental justice.

The fact sheet advocates for a legally binding international treaty to end corporate impunity, arguing that voluntary self-regulation is ineffective. It highlights severe environmental and social damages caused by transnational corporations in Nigeria, Colombia, Brazil, Mozambique, and El Salvador, specifically citing oil extraction, mining, and palm oil production as drivers of human rights violations and ecological destruction.

Friends of the Earth International has established a policy to prevent and prohibit sexual violence and harassment across its federation. The organization views the dismantling of patriarchy and power relations as necessary for achieving social, environmental, and economic justice. The policy is built on five core principles: zero tolerance, prevention, victim-centering, confidentiality and protection, and transparency with clear timelines. It specifically highlights the vulnerability of women of color, indigenous women, migrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals to institutionalized and systemic violence.

The document argues for a rights-based approach to conservation, contrasting the effectiveness of governance by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) with the harms of 'fortress conservation'. It advocates for the recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCAs) and sets specific criteria for the quality, connectivity, and governance of protected areas to be counted toward global biodiversity targets.

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) advocates for a shift from 'fortress conservation' to a rights-based approach in the design of protected areas (PAs). The document emphasizes that the most effective conservation outcomes occur when lands are governed by indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs). It highlights the significance of Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs), which potentially cover 21% of the global territory, and calls for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework to recognize and protect 100% of these areas. FoEI proposes a hierarchy for expanding PAs that prioritizes the recognition of historical IPLC contributions, the protection of critical ecosystems in uninhabited regions, and the improvement of ecological representativeness and connectivity, all while ensuring public funding and the exclusion of biodiversity offsets.

The document argues that the current global economic system, driven by neoliberal ideology, has failed by causing environmental destruction and extreme inequality. It proposes five key pillars for transformation: ensuring universal public services through tax justice, scaling up social ownership and cooperatives, supporting local markets and fair trade, adopting wellbeing-based economic indicators instead of GDP, and establishing binding international rules to hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights and environmental abuses.

The document expresses concern over the growing influence of major corporations and business lobby groups within the UN, asserting that this 'corporate capture' undermines democracy and blocks effective solutions for climate change and social justice. It criticises partnerships between UN agencies and transnational companies, as well as the promotion of market-based 'false solutions' to environmental crises. The signatories demand a cap on business representation in negotiations, greater transparency regarding lobbying, and the establishment of a legally binding framework to hold companies accountable for human rights and environmental violations.