Statement delivered during the 7th session of negotiations for a UN Legally Binding Instrument on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights, Monday October 25th 2021
Mr. Chair-Rapporteur, I am Ubrei-Joe Mariere from Environmental Rights Action – Friends of the Earth Nigeria, speaking on behalf of Friends of the Earth International, members of the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power. Today we are living profound systemic crises that threaten our life and the planet. The climate crisis, the biodiversity crisis, the […]
Event: Climate & Environmental Litigations: The Story of the Victory of Ogoni people against Shell
ERA/FoEN is hosting an event – Climate and Environmental Litigations: The story of the victory of Ogoni people against Shell in solidarity with comrades across the African continent and the African Climate Justice Group in the first-ever AFRICA PEOPLES COUNTER COP. The event by ERA/FoEN will Hold on the 25th of October 2021 by 2.00 […]
ERA/FoEN, 15 other groups carpet AGRA, reiterate support for Agroecology
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and 15 other Food Sovereignty campaign organisations have urged Global North Governments to stop all financial and political support for the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and other initiatives promoting the Green Revolution. They were encouraged instead to channel their support to agroecology if […]
ERA wins Transformative Cities Peoples’ Choice Award in Amsterdam
The “Our Water, Our Right Campaign” spearheaded by the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has won the Transformative Cities 2019 People’s Choice Award in the water category. The ERA/FoEN-led campaign in Lagos received the highest votes in the water category on the sidelines of the International Conference on “The Future is Public” […]
ERA/FoEN Advocates Immediate Social Security for Unemployed Nigerians
The current recession that Nigeria has plunged head-long into as a result of the slump in international oil price, is indicative of faulty policies and mismanagement of the oil wealth with the result being: We have now come to a point where only a well thought-out and drastic policy can stave off an imminent revolution. […]