Friends of the Earth International at COP28 climate summit

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Media advisory, 20 November 2023.

Friends of the Earth International, the world’s largest grassroots environmental federation, hosts an international delegation with spokespeople available from around the world at the UN climate talks in Dubai, 30 November–12 December 2023.

A just and equitable phaseout of all fossil fuels is urgently needed to stay within global warming limits. This starts with historical polluters, such as the US and Europe, doing their fair share of emissions reductions, and providing finance to support a just energy transition across the South, adaptation, and Loss and Damage.

Many of the proposals being pushed in this global policy space – notably in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement concerning carbon markets – are false solutions to the climate crisis, shown to harm communities and ecosystems while delaying real climate action. These include net zero, nature-based solutions, geoengineering, carbon markets, hydrogen, and carbon capture technologies.

Whilst present in Dubai, Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) will be connected to the climate justice movement worldwide, and standing in solidarity with oppressed peoples in the UAE and across the Middle East.

Activities

Thursday 30 November
Press conference: FoEI demands and expectations for COP28
Line-up of speakers from Friends of the Earth groups worldwide
Room: Press 2, Zone B6 – Building 77
Time: 11.00-11.30 (GMT+4)

Friday 8 December
Press conference: FoEI analysis on week one & expectations for week two
Line-up of speakers from Friends of the Earth groups worldwide
Room: Press 2, Zone B6 – Building 77
Time: 14.00-14.30 (GMT+4)

Saturday 9 December
Photo opportunity: Global Day of Action on Climate Justice
People raise their demands for climate justice through coordinated actions at the COP venue and around the world, all day.

Sunday 10 December
Press conference: Litigation to fight climate change & corporate power
Line-up of speakers from Friends of the Earth groups worldwide
Room: Press 2, Zone B6 – Building 77
Time: 16.00-16.30 (GMT+4)

Monday 11 December
Event: Freeing ourselves from the “net” – Course correcting climate action to Real Zero
Speakers from FoEI, FoE Sri Lanka, Corporate Accountability, Global Forest Coalition, Institute for Socioeconomics Studies
Room: SE Room 3
Time: 16:45-18:15 (GMT+4)

Tuesday 12 December
Press conference: FoEI closing comment on COP28
Line-up of speakers from Friends of the Earth groups worldwide
Room: Press 2, Zone B6 – Building 77
Time: 12.00-12.30 (GMT+4)

The Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ) will host daily press conferences in Press Conference room 2, and daily conversations on X @gcdcj. FoEI is a member of this network of over 200 climate and human rights organisations working for climate justice and just energy transition.

Spokespeople & media contacts

Lise Masson, Climate justice & energy Advocacy officer, FoEI
lise.masson[at]foe.co.uk, Whatsapp/Signal +447355234474, X @Lise_Masson
In Dubai for both weeks, speaks English/French

Tyler Booth, Climate justice & energy Coordinator, FoEI
tyler[at]foei.org, Whatsapp/Signal +27 64 654 8464, X @TylerJess38
In Dubai for both weeks, speaks English

Sara Shaw, Climate justice & energy Coordinator, FoEI
sara[at]foe.co.uk, Whatsapp/Signal +44 79 7400 8270, X @climatemouse
In Dubai second week only, speaks English/Spanish

Friends of the Earth members are available to provide comments also in German, Dutch, Norwegian, Japanese, Malay, Russian, and other languages.

To arrange interviews, contact: Madeleine Race, madeleine[at]foei.org. Remote 30 Nov.-6 Dec.; in Dubai 7-14 Dec.

Follow FoEI on Facebook / X @foeint for updates.