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Friends of the Earth International asserts that the COVID-19 crisis exposes the failures of a neoliberal, capitalist, and patriarchal system that prioritizes corporate profit over human life and nature. The organization argues that the pandemic aggravates existing structural inequalities, particularly for women, Indigenous Peoples, and the global South, while increasing vulnerability to climate disasters. It demands a systemic shift away from fossil fuel-driven economies, the abolition of Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms, and the guarantee of fundamental rights through public services to ensure a just transition.

Friends of the Earth International asserts that the COVID-19 crisis exposes and exacerbates systemic inequalities driven by a neoliberal, capitalist, and patriarchal system. The statement links the pandemic's severity to the destruction of ecosystems by agribusiness and extractive industries, the weakening of public health through privatization, and the disproportionate burden of care work on women. It demands a transition away from fossil-fuel-dependent economies, the abolition of investor-state dispute mechanisms, and the suspension of intellectual property rights for medical supplies to ensure global health equity.

Friends of the Earth International asserts that the COVID-19 crisis is a result of a neoliberal politico-economic system that prioritizes market economies and corporate power over public health and nature. The statement highlights how the pandemic disproportionately affects marginalized groups—including women, indigenous peoples, and the working class—while intensifying climate vulnerabilities and food insecurity. It demands an end to austerity, the cancellation of external debt, and a transition away from fossil-fuel-based capitalism toward a feminist economy and strengthened public services.

The report argues that the 'Sustainable Agriculture Initiative' (SAI), 'New Vision for Agriculture' (NVA), and 'Food and Land Use Coalition' (FOLU) promote a version of 'junk agroecology' (agroecología chatarra). This approach selectively adopts agroecological techniques to mitigate environmental damage while preserving the industrial, profit-driven corporate model. The authors contrast this with a transformative agroecology rooted in food sovereignty and social justice, which requires shifting power from corporations to small-scale producers.

The report critiques the 'corporate capture' of agroecology by three major global initiatives: the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI), the New Vision for Agriculture (NVA), and the Coalition for a New Economy of Food and Land Use (FOLU). It argues that these entities promote a restricted, 'junk' version of agroecology that focuses on productivity and technological innovation (such as precision agriculture and gene editing) rather than the social justice, redistribution of power, and food sovereignty central to genuine agroecology. The document concludes that these corporate-led models aim to 'change everything so that nothing changes,' preserving the dominance of transnational agribusiness while adopting a 'green' veneer.

The report critiques 'junk agroecology,' a corporate-led interpretation of agroecology promoted by initiatives like the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI), the New Vision for Agriculture (NVA), and the New Food and Land Use Economy Coalition (FOLU). It argues that these entities use agroecological language to mask a commitment to 'productivism' and 'sustainable agricultural intensification,' focusing on increasing yields through technology and market inclusion rather than the redistribution of power and resources. The authors contrast this with a transformative vision of agroecology that emphasizes food sovereignty, social justice, and the rights of small-scale producers.

The report argues that big agrifood capital is developing 'junk agroecology'—a selective appropriation of agroecological techniques integrated into a productivist, market-driven framework. Through an analysis of three major initiatives—the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI), the New Vision for Agriculture (NVA), and the Food and Land Use Economy Coalition (FOLU)—the authors demonstrate how corporations use 'sustainable intensification' to greenwash the industrial food system. These initiatives prioritize technological determinism (such as gene editing and big data), the integration of smallholders into global value chains, and multi-stakeholder governance models that shift power from public institutions to private entities. The report concludes that a true agroecological transition requires participatory public policies rooted in food sovereignty and social justice, rather than corporate-led reforms.

The report argues that multinational corporations are promoting a 'fake agroecology' (agroécologie bidon) through initiatives like the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI), the New Vision for Agriculture (NVA), and the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU). These initiatives are characterized as 'sustainable intensification' rather than true agroecology, as they prioritize technological productivism, market-driven value chains, and public-private governance over social justice and structural transformation. The authors contend that this approach allows industrial giants to 'greenwash' their image while maintaining the existing power structures of the global food system.

The report critiques the 'corporate capture' of agroecology by three major global initiatives: the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI), the New Vision for Agriculture (NVA), and the Coalition for Food, Land and Use (FOLU). It contends that these entities promote a version of 'junk agroecology' that focuses on 'sustainable intensification' and technological fixes—such as big data, blockchain, and genomic editing—rather than the holistic, social, and political transformation central to genuine agroecology. The authors argue that these initiatives aim to 'transform small farms into sustainable agro-industries' to integrate smallholders into global value chains controlled by multinationals, thereby maintaining systemic inequalities and the dominance of industrial agriculture.

Friends of the Earth International condemns the February 24, 2020, murder of Jehry Rivera Rivera, a Naso Bröran leader in Costa Rica who opposed land usurpation and the Diquís Hydroelectric Project. The organization highlights a pattern of violence, including the 2019 murder of Sergio Rojas Ortiz, and criticizes the Costa Rican government for failing to implement Inter-American Commission on Human Rights precautionary measures designed to protect the Térraba and Salitre territories.

The document expresses solidarity with the Naso Bröran people following the murder of leader Jehry Rivera Rivera on February 24, 2020. It highlights a pattern of violence and state inaction in Costa Rica, noting that early warnings about armed non-indigenous intruders in the Térraba region were ignored by authorities. The statement links these killings to the struggle for indigenous autonomy and opposition to extractive projects, specifically citing the Diquís Hydroelectric Project, and demands the implementation of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights precautionary measures.

The document condemns the February 24, 2020, murder of Jehry Rivera Rivera, a Naso Bröran leader in Costa Rica who opposed land usurpation and extractive projects like the El Diquis hydroelectric dam. It highlights a pattern of violence, including the 2019 murder of Sergio Rojas Ortiz, and criticizes the Costa Rican government for failing to respond to alerts about armed intrusions or implement Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) precautionary measures for the Térraba and Salitre territories.

Friends of the Earth International assesses the draft post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, acknowledging some progress in governance but condemning the lack of corporate accountability, the absence of indigenous rights, and the promotion of 'false solutions' like biodiversity offsetting. The organization calls for a systemic shift that addresses the root causes of biodiversity loss and ensures equity between the Global North and South.

Friends of the Earth International highlights the devastating impacts of climate change through the lens of simultaneous disasters in the Asia-Pacific region: catastrophic bushfires in Australia and severe flooding in Indonesia. The statement condemns the Australian government for denying the role of climate change and continuing to support coal extraction despite massive loss of life, biodiversity, and property. It calls for a global transition away from fossil fuels, increased funding for adaptation and loss and damage in developing countries, and a broader movement for climate justice.

This guide by Friends of the Earth International (ATI) outlines a conceptual framework for gender justice, advocating for a 'popular anti-capitalist feminism' to dismantle the interconnected systems of patriarchy, capitalism, racism, and neocolonialism. It defines the sexual division of labor as a tool for capitalist accumulation and explains how ecofeminism highlights the parallel exploitation of women and nature. The document provides definitions for gender identity and sexual orientation, and offers six practical recommendations for member organizations to promote gender justice and challenge patriarchal power structures.

The document defines patriarchy as a system of oppression that exploits women's bodies and labor to benefit men and the capitalist system. It advocates for a 'popular and anticapitalist feminism' to dismantle interconnected systems of oppression, including racism, classism, and neocolonialism. The guide emphasizes the role of ecofeminism in highlighting the parallel exploitation of nature and women within an extractivist model and provides a framework for implementing gender justice within organizations and communities.

This guide by Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) frames gender justice and the dismantling of patriarchy as essential components of systemic change. It defines patriarchy as a system that exploits women's bodies and work for the benefit of men, operating through a sexual division of labour that separates public (paid/decision-making) and private (unpaid/care) spaces. The text employs an intersectional analysis, explaining how patriarchy interlinks with capitalism, racism, neocolonialism, and heteronormativity to maintain power hierarchies. It specifically highlights ecofeminism to illustrate the parallel exploitation of women and nature within a capitalist extractivist model. The document concludes by advocating for alliances between feminist movements, Indigenous Peoples, and environmental justice activists to achieve a world of autonomy and equality.

Friends of the Earth International argues that the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must move beyond the failed Aichi targets by adopting a rights-based approach, ensuring accountability, and rejecting corporate-led 'false solutions' like offsetting.

A statement by Friends of the Earth International outlining requirements for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to be established by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) following the failure of the 2011-2020 Aichi targets.

The document analyzes the 2019 Amazon fires as a result of corporate power and the expansion of the agricultural frontier, specifically linked to the interests of transnational corporations (TNCs). It contends that the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement will exacerbate this trend by increasing demand for commodities like soy and beef, leading to further deforestation and human rights violations. The report criticizes the Bolsonaro administration for dismantling environmental protections and argues that the agreement's environmental clauses are non-binding and insufficient to prevent climate catastrophe.