Fossil Free Europe

Fossil Free Europe Delivering a just transition to a 100% renewable, no nuclear, super energy-efficient, zero-fossil-fuel Europe by 2030

Obscure energy treaty could thwart EU green deal

9 December 2019

An obscure investment treaty, the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), could undermine the goals of Europe’s Green Deal, unless it is fundamentally revised in negotiations that trail its annual conference this week in Brussels, over 250 civil society organisations and trade unions warn.

4 December 2019

System change or bust

System change: Europe’s environmental and climate warning signals are flashing red according to a comprehensive ‘State of the Environment’ survey published by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

22 November 2019

Unleashing the power of community renewables in central-eastern Europe

As community renewables grow in western Europe, what about central and eastern regions?

A socially fair energy transformation means putting renewable energy into the hands of communities and people. The transition to 100% renewable energy, must benefit people too – not just big corporations - we must take power back from Big Energy. Big energy companies have consistently acted in their own financial interest, instead of the planet and sharing the wealth from renewable energy with communities.

Hungary, Spain, Czech Republic

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The world is on track to global warming in excess of 3˚C, yet the commitments made by political leaders fall far short of what is needed to protect vulnerable and poor people across the world. But it doesn't have to be this way.

Friends of the Earth Europe is working to create the much-needed, fair and urgent transition to a fossil fuel free Europe by 2030. This means dismantling the fossil fuel system and creating the just, clean energy future that people want and need.

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9 Dec 2019

Beyond repair? The Energy Charter Treaty

24 Oct 2019

Big oil and gas buying influence in Brussels

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- Climate justice
  Genuine, just solutions to climate change
- Energy savings
  Less is more: reducing energy consumption for a safer planet and better homes
- Extractive industries
  Oil and gas exploration, and mining
- Fossil Free Europe
  Delivering a just transition to a 100% renewable, no nuclear, super energy-efficient, zero-fossil-fuel Europe by 2030
- Renewable energy
  Creating a future powered by clean, fossil-free, community owned energy

- Corporate accountability
  Making multinational companies accountable for harm they cause anywhere in the world
- Corporate capture
  When EU and international policy-making is overly influenced by business and interest groups
- Democratic Europe
  Our rights, and how we can shape society
- Deregulation
  The weakening of vital protections to please big business
- Trade
  EU trade and investment policy should start to put people before profit

- Agriculture
  Food and farming in Europe and its global impacts
- GMOs
  Genetically modified crops and organisms
- Nature
  Standing up for our right to nature
- Trade
  EU trade and investment policy should start to put people before profit

- Extractive industries
  Oil and gas exploration, and mining
- Materials and waste
  Rethinking plastic, and reducing, reusing and recycling resources
- Resource justice
  Europe’s consumption of land, materials, water and carbon

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