Since our inception, we have fought for environmental justice – the right to a healthy environment and a fair share of the world’s resources for everyone.

This belief is core to our campaign to tackle climate change. We are faced with three challenges:

• we have to dramatically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions
• we must secure economic justice and provide funds for the Global South
• we must deliver real solutions and counter false solutions.

Outcome of COP16 climate talks in Cancun

The UN climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, have ended with an agreement that leaves a fair climate deal on 'life-support'.

Cancun has been widely hailed as a success story in the media, however the only positive that can really be said to have come out of the COP is is that the multilateral process remains alive.

The agreement as it stands risks the abandonment of the Kyoto Protocol, which recognises developed countries responsibility for historical emmissions and legally requires them to reduce emissions.

Cancun paves the way for up to 5^o warming, and puts faith in market mechanisms to bail out the climate.

• read our blog updates about Cancun
• Friends of the Earth Scotland COP16 press briefing
• COP official website
• UNFCCC official website

Our colleagues at Friends of the Earth International were at Cancun working hard for a fair deal:

• Read FoE International's closing statement on the talks
• Read FoE International's coverage and analysis of the talks
• Read FoE Europe's briefing 'Cancun agreement - not worth cheering'

The next stage in the UN climate process is COP-17 in Durban, South Africa next year. 

Climate justice testimonies from FoE Europe

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