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FoEE Campaigns

Agrofuels

The massive expansion of agrofuels to supply fuel for Europe's cars and power stations could come at a high environmental and social costs. FoE is campaigning for Europe to drop its mandatory 10% target and to force the automobile industry to clean up their cars.

Car Fuel Efficiency

Cars account for around 12% of total European emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) - the principal greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. In 2008, the European Parliament is discussing a proposal for an EU regulation setting CO2 emission standards for passenger cars. We are urging the EU to agree on tough targets for reducing the fuel consumption of new cars.

Climate Change

Climate change could trigger an unprecedented global economic, social and environmental disaster. FoEE campaigns against Europe's "Carbon Dinosaurs" who perpetuate our dependence on fossil fuels, prevent effective action on climate change and block our way to a sustainable future of renewable energies, increased energy efficiency and a reduction in total energy demand.

Corporate Accountability

Big multinational companies are the main drive behind the current neo-liberal ideology of privatisation, liberalisation of markets and the diminishing role of governments. FoEE's campaign aims at exposing the harmful impacts of corporate led globalization and corporate power and is campaigning for legally binding international standards to stop corporate abuses

EU Funds – Billions for Sustainability

Representing more than one third of the EU's budget, the Structural and Cohesion funds are fundamentally shaping the long-term development of the new member states in Central and Eastern Europe. Our aim is to make sure that the billions are spent efficiently, in a transparent manner and that they contribute to sustainable development.

GMOs, Food and Farming

The risk of GMO contamination of organic/conventional farming is a real concern. FoEE works to secure strict EU legislation on GMO releases, traceability and labelling of GM food, legal liability for GM producers and the right for people to say NO to GMOs.

Resources and Consumption

The EEurope is using an ever-increasing amount of the world's resources, and is now more dependent on imported resources than any other global region. The Earth’s ability to sustain this pattern of consumption is already being pushed to the limit. But Europe’s dependence on imported resources also makes it economically vulnerable, with the extraction and processes of these resources having both social and environmental impacts.

Trade and Globalisation

The EU plays a key political role in international trade. With transnational corporations influencing the EU's trade agenda, and the untransparent and undemocratic nature of the WTO and bilateral trade agreements, FoEE keeps a close eye on decision-makers to ensure the development of a fair, sustainable and democratic global trading system.

Waste

Friends of the Earth Europe is committed to reversing Europe's "throw-away" culture. We are campaigning to save the Earth's precious natural resources. We firmly believe in reducing the amount of waste produced in the first place, reusing products wherever possible and then recycling materials rather than dumping them in landfill or burning them in incinerators.