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Irish government publishes weak climate bill

26 February 2013

The Irish Government today published a Climate Action Bill which Friends of the Earth Ireland has described as, "like a compass with no needle".

Friends of the Earth Ireland says the bill is simply a rehash of the earlier Fianna Fáil / Green Party Bill but with all the targets taken out. The draft will now be passed to the environment committee which will consult stakeholders and report to government on how to improve it.

Ireland
12 February 2013

Snowmen join Finnish climate bill campaign

Snowmen in twelve cities around Finland encouraged the Finnish government to draft a comprehensive and strong Climate Bill today.

The action was organised by Friends of the Earth Finland / Maan Ystävät Ry which says that the Ministerial working group on energy and climate policy currently working on the draft must table a strong and ambitious Bill in the parliament instead of continuing ineffective politics behind closed doors.

Finland
22 November 2012

D’Oh!-a climate talks

Friends of the Earth Ireland, with other members of Ireland’s Stop Climate Chaos coalition, staged a demonstration outside government buildings in Dublin today. Dressed as Homer Simpson, activists wanted to show that with the climate discussions next week in Doha, Qatar, it feels more like D’Oh!-a for Irish politicians when it comes to climate action.

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The European 'Big Ask' campaign brings together Friends of the Earth groups in countries across Europe all with the same big ask - that their governments commit to reduce carbon emissions, year on year, every year.

The campaign calls for cuts in emissions equal to a reduction of EU-wide domestic emissions of at least 40 per cent, without offsetting, by 2020.

The Big Ask is engaging hundreds of thousands of people across Europe and empowering them to influence decisions taken by both national government and the European Union.

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