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FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPEWHO WE ARE / welcome

VICTORIES FOR A FOSSIL-FREEFUTURE AROUND EUROPE 8

campaign highlights 2018 12economic justice 12YOUTH, network development 13

member groups’ highlights 14

financial information 18

welcome 3

WINNING THE BATTLE AGAINSTPLASTIC POLLUTION 4

THE FUTURE OF EUROPE 5

campaign highlights 2018 6Food, Agriculture, biodiversity 6resource justice & sustainability 7

contentsFriends of the Earth Europe Board 2018-2019 Cara Augustenborg, Friends of the Earth Ireland –Chair; Leonore Gewessler, Friends of the EarthAustria – Secretary; Donald Pols, Friends of theEarth Netherlands – Treasurer; Nanna Clifforth,Friends of the Earth Denmark – member; LeenaKontinen, Friends of the Earth Finland – member;Martin Galea, Friends of the Earth Malta –member; Katia Uspenskaya, Friends of the EarthRussia – member; Akos Eger – Friends of the EarthHungary – member; Ernst-Christoph Stolper,Germany – member.

Friends of the Earth Europe Annual General Meeting,Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2018. © FoEE

who we areFriends of the Earth Europe Annual Review 2018

When we consider this together with seriously alarming figures on biodiversity andecosystem collapse, and a shrinkage of civic space, it is clear we need people to bringpositive and just solutions.

One truly inspiring example of people power is youth rising for urgent climate actionacross Europe, and the globe. Today’s youth are impacted people – they know their rightto a future and a decent life is in peril, and they are demanding urgent climate actionand justice from world leaders. The Friends of the Earth Europe network has been proudto support this youth-led movement and march in solidarity.

Last year Friends of the Earth Europe adopted our new five year strategy for the pursuit ofour vision and solutions for a sustainable and environmentally, socially and economicallyjust Europe. Part of this strategy is working to find new narratives. Last year, together withyouth and women’s rights organisations, trades unions and other allies, we conductedresearch on how to stimulate wider debate on the future of Europe. Our testing confirmedthe power of real-life, positive stories: people coming together to defend their rights andbuild more equal, caring communities can transcend borders and motivate others to act.

At the grassroots level, there are many examples of bravery and victories supported byour network. From the 20,000 citizens who pushed the Czech government to protect thecountry’s forests (page 15), to the German activists who saved the ancient Hambachforest from an expanding coal mine (page 8), and the Spanish groups stopping industriallivestock expansion (page 14).

Across Europe, Friends of the Earth groups advocated for just and sustainable solutions –be it by defining steps towards a fossil-free Europe, promoting the concept of sufficiency,advocating for agroecology, or setting course for sustainable trade. At the EU level wesaw big wins on cutting plastics and boosting community energy.

Such examples of effective advocacy, resistance and promoting solutions underline thenecessity of civil society in a healthy democracy. Looking ahead to a new EuropeanParliament and Commission it is imperative that our institutions and electedrepresentatives defend freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and the right toprotest, and funding and access for civil society organisations. With democracyreinforced we can get on with changing the direction of Europe and achieving social,environmental and economic justice for future generations. In solidarity!

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our impact

/ the European arm of Friends

of the Earth International,

the world’s largest grassroots

environmental network

/ The European network’s

representative at the heart of

the European Union campaigning

for sustainable solutions to

benefit the planet, people

and our future, influencing

European and EU policy and

raising public awareness

on environmental issues

/ The largest grassroots

environmental network in

Europe uniting more than 30

national member organisations

and thousands of local activist

groups across Europe

/ The people’s voice at the heart

of the European Union

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The scale and utter urgency of thetransformation needed to limit climatechange was made plain last autumn by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Scientists found that limiting globalwarming to 1.5 degrees is still – just –possible. But we have at most 12 years leftto cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero.Meanwhile the world is currently on track fora catastrophic 3 degrees of warming, evenif countries achieve the emission reductionspledged under the Paris agreement.

JAGODA MUNIc, Director,Friends of the Earth EuropeAPRIL 2019

Friends of theearth europe

36kTwitterfollowers

in 2018


Winning the battleagainst plastic pollution

Pushing the EU to agreeunprecedented cuts tosingle-use plastics

Friends of the Earth Europe and ournetwork was central to the creation andambition of new laws on plastics. From2021, EU countries will ban several single-use plastics, introduce goals to reducethem in future, and put responsibility onmanufacturers to pay for wastemanagement and the clean-up of litter.

Convincing legislators to regulate a hugelypowerful industry was far from easy. In theface of huge industry resistance, weworked hard to shift the debate in Brussels.

With the Rethink Plastic alliance, wehosted innovative talkshow-style eventswith policymakers and media, andprovided expert insight to shape the policy.

We helped shift the public debate too. Wegenerated hundreds of media hits in someof Europe’s biggest publications, andreleased new research on how plasticpackaging fails to prevent – and can insteadcause – food waste. The new laws wouldsimply not have been possible withoutwidespread public demand – which ournetwork succeeded in galvanising.

Cleaning up plastic in the UK. © FoE EWNI

“The time is ripe for Europeto transition away from single-use plasticsto reusables.” MEADHBH BOLGER, resource justice

campaigner in Le Figaro

#rethinkplastic#PlasticFreeFriday or took the#DrasticOnPlastic challenge to timehow long they could last without usingsingle-use plastic. As a result theenvironmental movement has helpedmake plastics a priority for the UKgovernment which has tabled a plasticpollution bill.

England, wales and northern irelandSupporting citizens to scrap plastics

Over 200,000 people called on the UKgovernment to tackle ocean plastics.Friends of the Earth England, Wales andNorthern Ireland’s plastics campaignhad widespread media coverage,engaged thousands of young peopleand helped start new local groupssharing tips on living without plastics.Online, thousands of people took part in Getting MEPs to pledge to vote

to end plastic pollution. © Rethink Plastic


The futureof Europe

europethe future of europe

We were instrumental in bringingtogether broad civil societyorganisations to build power for acaring, more equal, greener Europe.

Our ‘Manifesto for a Sustainable Europefor its Citizens’ sets out a future forEurope based on democracy, social andenvironmental justice, human rights,equality, and solidarity. Endorsed by 200

organisations, it addressed candidatesin the European elections and wastaken-up by several political groups intheir party programmes.

The incoming Parliament, as well as thenew European Commission, will becritical in setting a direction for Europe.We will be sending a loud message foropen, tolerant, compassionate societies.

But also that Europe needs a radical changeof direction – social and environmentaljustice should be at the heart of how welive, not profits of big business.

We are official partners of the EuropeanParliament’s ‘This Time I’m Voting’campaign and will continue to engagepeople in debate about what kind ofEurope we want.

“We, as citizens, should not limitourselves in the debates on thefuture of Europe to thequestion: ‘Do you want more or less Europe?’”Jagoda Munic, director in Research Europe

A resident of Mals, Italy during their campaignto become Europe’s first pesticide-free town,from our ‘Protect & Resist’ video series. © FoEE

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Far left: agroecologicalfarmers working with FoE Czech Republic. © FoE Czech Republic

Left: Olivier, a sustainablepig farmer working withFoE France. ©FoE France


Campaign highlights 2018FOOD, AGRICULTURE, biodiversity

We helped connect thousands of peopleacross Europe to take action for a betterfood system. Together with nationalmembers and allies we organised protestpicnics, farm visits, workshops, streetdemos, and more, over a weekend of action.All were united by a common message:good food and good farming, now!

A month later we brought these people’svoices to Brussels and handed-over100,000 signatures supporting ourdemands outside a meeting of EUagriculture ministers.

Thousands take action for#GoodFoodGoodFarming

Reframing the GMO 2.0 debate

Bringing citizens across Europe tothe European Council to call for

#goodfoodgoodfarming. © FoEE

“We welcome this landmark ruling

which defeats the biotech industry’s

latest attempt to push unwanted

genetically-modified products

onto our fields and plates.”

MUTE SCHIMPF, food campaigner

in Politico

Friends of the Earth France helped force aEuropean Court of Justice decision on whethercrops produced with new genetic engineeringtechniques should be subject to existing GMOsafety rules. The ruling? A decisive yes.

The biotech lobby had hoped to influencethe public debate with a well-funded PRcampaign and to avoid referring to thesenew techniques as ‘GM’ or ‘GMOs’. But webrought together campaign groups tocoordinate messaging and demands andframe the narrative around the ruling and

beyond. Crops made with these newtechniques are now discussed as whatthey are: genetically-modified organisms.


44press releases

in 2018


Our report ‘Sufficiency: Moving beyond thegospel of eco-efficiency’ shook up policymakers, academics and NGOs of differentsectors. A post-growth conference in theEuropean Parliament, which we co-organised, brought together ‘degrowthers’,ecologists, MEPs and EuropeanCommissioners to envision a differentsociety. Inspired by civil society and

confronted with the limits of a capitalistsystem, politicians are finally starting toshift the focus from infinite growth towell-being, equity and sustainability.

Advancing the debate on sufficiency and degrowth Calling on the EU to

#rethinkplastic. © FoEE

Our publication exploressufficiency and how to move

beyond eco-efficiency. © FoEE

Campaign highlights 2018resource justice & sustainability


1.4mil

facebookimpressions

in 2018


victories for a fossil-freefuture around Europe

“EU decision makers haveagreed a paltry 32 per centtarget for renewableenergy that is inadequatefor a climate-safe fossil-free future.”Molly Walsh, climate justicecampaigner in the Financial Times



PEOPLE POWER

Brussels / EuA game-changing win for European community energy

We helped Europeans win new rights toproduce and own their own renewableenergy - the culmination of years ofcampaigning. This golden nugget washidden amidst an otherwise mixed, jumbo-package of new EU clean energy legislation.

Community energy projects cut carbonemissions, often have solidarity as acentral value, and help communitiescontrol and profit from their own energy.The new laws help lift major constraintshampering community energy, whichcould unleash a more decentralised energysystem for Europe. What started off as asmall fringe voice in 2013, became wellrecognised fact, and now established law.

The legislation also recognises the challenge of energy poverty and requires energy savings to target energy-poor households.

SpainBye-bye coal, hola sun!

Sweeping change came to Spain’s energyin 2018. Friends of the Earth Spain playeda major role in abolishing the so-called‘sun tax’, with their campaign ‘libera alsol’. The infamous tax on home solarpanels paralysed new investment inrenewables. But strong civil societyopposition and a new governmentushered in a new law overturning the taxand supporting citizen and communityrenewable energy. Large-scalemobilisations in 20 Spanish cities alsohelped push the Spain to shut half itsoperating coal power plants by 2020.

Left/Above: Thehuge mobilisationto save HambachForest. © FoE Germany

“Energyrebellion now!” © FoE Spain

GermanyTotemic coal struggledefends forest and climate

A totemic campaign by Friends of theEarth Germany and partners mobilisedone of the country’s largest ever climatedemonstrations to help save an ancientRhineland forest from an expanding coalmine. Hambach Forest became theepicentre of the country’s struggle tophase out coal, raising mass publicsupport. There was also success in thecourts: just in time to prevent treeclearance, a district court decided that thepower company RWE cannot cut downthe forest for a year.

Soon after, the strength of the climatemovement helped environmental NGOsnegotiate an end to coal with tradeunions, business and the government.

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victories for a fossil-freefuture around Europe

A fresh approach for Friends of the EarthNetherlands saw them working withtrade unions and social movements tomake sure that workers and ordinarypeople participate fairly in the transition,with the most polluting corporationspaying their fair share. Now tenants’organisations, youth clubs, and greenentrepreneurs are on board, and the

NetherlandsOn board with Unions for Just Transition

media and politicians are talking with relish about a just transition.

Meanwhile, Friends of the EarthNetherlands helped push theirgovernment to pass a new climate lawwhich commits them to cutting CO2

by 95% by 2050.

“Political leaders need to show serious supportfor a Just Transition that creates decent workand quality jobs.”Susann Scherbarth, climatejustice campaigner in Business Green

Left: A plaintiff in the court caseagainst Shell. © FoE Netherlands

Above: At the launch of the Shellcourt case. © FoE Netherlands

Bottom: Standing hand-in-hand for a just transition. © FoE Netherlands

Netherlands / EuropeShell sued over climate crimes

Shell faced a major first-of-its-kindlawsuit aimed at forcing the oilmultinational to change its ways onclimate change. Friends of the EarthNetherlands, now backed by six DutchNGOs, European groups, and 13,400individual co-plaintiffs, launched thelawsuit demanding the fossil fuelcompany acts on climate change. Ifsuccessful it would significantly limitShell’s investments in oil and gas globally.

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OPLE POWER



AustriaCampaigners bring endto subsidies for heatinghomes with oil

Friends of the Earth Austria unmasked ahidden subsidy system by oil and gasgiant OMV for the installation of oilheating systems in Austrian homes.Facing high media attention, OMV had toadmit that these payments are notcompatible with tackling climatebreakdown and has been forced tophase-out the programme. Heatinghomes with oil is the most CO2-intensivetype of heating system. Ending subsidiesfor this pollution is an important steptowards clean heating systems.

Bosnia and Herzegovinacitizens say “no” to coal power plant

When Sanski Most was threatened bythe construction of a coal-fired powerplant, Friends of the Earth Bosnia andHerzegovina held a public debate andinvited another community alreadyaffected by such a plant to share theirexperiences. After hearing the numerousproblems with pollution and disturbance,residents of Sanski Most decided tooppose the construction by any meanspossible. This was the first time acommunity in Bosnia and Herzegovinahad sent a clear message against apower plant like this. Citizens of SanskiMost said “NO” and showed once againhow people power can prevail.

NorwayClimate lawsuitchallenges Norway’s oil drilling

Young Friends of the Earth Norwayappealed the verdict of a climate lawsuitagainst the Norwegian state. The lawsuitargues that climate change caused byburning Norwegian oil in other countriesis Norway’s responsibility; though the firstruling was not successful. The lawsuitreceived massive attention globally. Butit’s not the end of the story - the nextcourt hearing will be in November 2019.

Left: Stopping oilburning in Austria. © FoE Austria

Top: Anti-coal struggles in SanskiMost. © FoE Bosnia & Herzegovina

Above: Taking action to stop oildrilling in Norway. © FoE Norway

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Campaign highlights 2018Economic Justice

Friends of the Earth Nigeriacalling for climate justice. © FoEI

Using our unique checklist tool, we carriedout a ‘sustainability check’ on the EU-Indonesia trade deal: it failed.Subsequently we increased pressure onnegotiators and brought togetherorganisations from Indonesia and Europeto get palm oil excluded from the talks. As part of our work to bring solutions, we published a vision for an alternativetrade system which could have a positiveimpact on climate justice and

environmental protection. This vision waspresented at key political conferences, and we continue to advocate for it.

Promoting a trade systemfor people and planet

How laws can save lives

“Allowing this unsustainable palm into Europe will increase deforestation, conflicts with localcommunities and human rights violations. Palm oilshould be taken out of the negotiations.”

Paul de Clerck, economic justice campaigner in The Guardian

Although regulation, rules and standardsare essential, we have recently witnessed a deregulation trend across Europe. Toexplore the value of regulation for people’severyday lives, we travelled to fourcountries to meet and film ordinary peoplefighting for better laws. Our resulting filmseries ‘Protect and Resist’ documentsastonishing stories, from the ‘air-watchers’tackling pollution to the heroes of the firstpesticide-free town. Watch how peoplepower and regulation go hand in hand to protect people and planet!protectandresist.video

Historic court caseagainst Italian oil giant Eni

Friends of the Earth Europe supported a local Nigerian community to bring thefirst legal case in Italy against Eni for its oilpollution in Nigeria. We supported theIkebiri community to bring the oil and gascompany to court in Milan for an oil spillin the Niger Delta.


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COUNTRIESin 2018

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Campaign highlights 2018YouTH, Network development

The Young Friends of the Earth Europesteering group at their AGM. © YFoEE

Youth rising

Our joint project with Young Friends of theEarth Africa on strengthening solidaritybetween our two regions has come to anend, but it’s just the beginning for thefuture of youth in Friends of the Earth.

Together, we presented a motion callingfor a stronger voice and representation of youth within the Friends of the EarthInternational federation, which waspassed unanimously. Exciting and hard-working years are ahead of us!

Raising youth voices in our network

Our School of Sustainability project wasrecognised by the Global EducationNetwork Europe as one of the 20 mostoutstanding projects for inclusion. Ourwork was recognised for creating strongeranalysis of development issues andenvironmental justice and because it“empowered a range of target groups toengage in public mobilisation on a local,national, and international level”. Whilethe project is officially over, popularedcuation approaches continue to flourishthroughout the network.

Prize-winning initiative on popular education

Young Friends of the Earth Europecontinued to grow, welcoming newgroups in Macedonia and Latvia to itsuniquely strong and autonomous networkof youth volunteer activists.

This growth depends on creatingempowering spaces for young peoplefrom all backgrounds.

Last year, an ‘intersectionality in practice’training in Norway led to 10 membergroups running their own workshops onintersectionality.

The workshops dealt with diverse topicsincluding gender justice, inequalities ineducation systems, LGBTQI+ issues andclimate justice, and directly trained 147people across Europe.

This approach was also a focus of the2018 summer camp in Cyprus, whichbrought together 54 young people fromEurope and Africa, and led to acollectively-produced toolkit forintersectional movement building.

Youth at the Friends of theEarth International AGM. © FoEI


4.8mil

TWITTERimpressions

in 2018


member groups’ highlights 2018Campaigning across Europe

MaltaMalta’s first repair café

Luxembourg 50th Anniversary of Friends of the EarthLuxembourg

Local residents react to a coal mine beingcancelled in Wales. © FoE EWNI

Celebrating 50 years ofenvironmentaljustice activism. © FoE Luxembourg

More than 30 participants learned anddiscussed how to take action to movetowards a zero-waste society at Friends ofthe Earth Malta’s two-day live-in activistcamp at Xrobb l-Ghagin Nature Park. The camp offered various side activities,including a clean-up and Malta’s firstRepair Cafe. At the café, which is based ona solidarity economy, people who havethings that need fixing meet others whoknow how to carry out repairs. More areplanned in 2019.

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England, Wales and Northern Ireland Wales goes fossil free!

SPAIN Stopping industriallivestock together

Founded in 1968, Friends of the EarthLuxembourg celebrated 50 years ofvictories, lost battles and challenges.

A celebration event titled ‘People needvisions and visions need people’, wasattended by 500 guests including GrandDuke Henri, ministers and members ofparliament, members, and other actors fromcivil society. The evening was a motivationalboost to continue commitment tosustainability and to work together forfuture generations in Luxembourg.

Wales is on a path to a clean energy futuresince the Welsh government ruled thatfossil fuel extraction projects areincompatible with climate change targets.The decision came just months after thePlanning Inspectorate threw out aproposal for a huge opencast coal mine inthe Rhymney Valley. Friends of the EarthCymru played a vital role in supporting thefierce local opposition to the plans. Thenew law was helped to be passed bypolicies were introduced to be in line withthe Wellbeing of Future Generations Act –an act Friends of the Earth Cymru wasinstrumental in drawing up.

With Friends of the Earth Spain and morethan 50 local groups behind it, theSpanish National Platform to StopIndustrial Livestock was born to fight for a different food system based onenvironmental and social respect.Industrial livestock has been on theincrease in Spain but now dozens ofmacro-projects have been stopped, mostlyin rural areas where the mobilisation hasbeen a real success. This inspiringplatform has proved the opposition isstrong enough to paralyse projects in this damaging industry.

“For a living rural world.” © FoE Spain



SWEDENYouth mobilise againstbroken solar promises

NORWAYExpedition to Bear Islandand the Barents Sea

Czech RepublicLet’s save forests

With the help of foresters and scientists,Friends of the Earth Czech Republicpublished a package of solutions to thecountrywide forests crisis. Leveragingpublic support from more than 20,000people, it pushed the government toimplement sustainability measures in along-awaited new bill, and raised the topicto public awareness. The group also helpedbring about cleaner air in Czech Republic byadvocating for an end to subsidies for coalboilers and focusing on environmentallyfriendly heating solutions, primarily forlow-income households.

Making solarpower happen in Sweden. © FoE Sweden

Exploring the beautifulBarents sea. © FoE Norway

Banding together to protect the Czech

Republic’s forests. © FoE Czech Republic

After Gothenburg’s state housingcompany failed to install solar panels onmunicipal properties – having promised toby 2017 – a young activist group ofFriends of the Earth Sweden made it theirtask to see it happen. The group,Solcellskaparna, started a petition andorganised a demonstration, and broughtthe question of solar energy to theattention of the media. The groupcontinues to fight for a world free fromfossil fuels and will not stop until theGothenburg authorities carry out whatthey promised.

In the summer of 2018, members of YoungFriends of the Earth Norway sailed on anexpedition to Bear Island and the BarentsSea to document and give attention to thenatural diversity of these oceans. Theexpedition became soon popular withinthe organisation. After this success, theywill continue to share their stories andimages of Norway’s beautiful oceans.


2karticles published in the press

in 2018


member groups’ highlights 2018Campaigning across Europe

Poland 23rd ecological fair in Gliwice

More than 2,000 visitors participated inFriends of the Earth Poland’s ecological fair.The annual event, now in its 23rd year,aims to promote organic farming, raiseenvironmental awareness and put localresidents in direct contact with producersof organic and traditional food. Organicfarmers and processors presented productsfrom the region and adults and childrentook part in lectures and workshops.

Hungary Nationwide schoolsustainability tour in Hungary

Friends of the Earth Hungary continued itsnationwide sustainable education push.With contests and activities run across350 schools, and involving 72,000 pupilsand 2,500 teachers, they broughtattention to issues around food, climate,and waste. Children were amazed by thenegative social and environmentalimpacts of their electronic devices, andafter the activities began to change theirattitudes towards these important topics.

One of many hugeprotests to save Pirinnational park. © FoE Bulgaria

BulgariaPirin is safe!

Thousands of people in more than 40Bulgarian towns and abroaddemonstrated for months to protect PirinNational Park, a UNESCO World Heritagesite. One year after the Bulgariangovernment allowed construction in the park, the Bulgarian SupremeAdministrative Court ruled that thereshould be an Environmental ImpactAssessment done on the newmanagement plan for the park and thatuntil then no construction would beallowed. Although the battle is not over,we can celebrate this victory!

Students learning aboutsustainability in Hungary. © FoE Hungary

Local organic producein Gliwice. © Creative Commons Zero

“It’s distressing to see the Bulgarian governmentapprove an illegal planto log it [Pirin] and expanda ski resort.”

ROBBIE BLAKE, nature campaigner

in EuroNews



Croatia Bring the magnolia back

Bosnia & Herzegovina Civil organisation tofight for our rights

Friends of the Earth Croatia initiated acampaign to prevent the destruction ofgreenery on a symbolic square in thecentre of Zagreb. For more than 6 monthsthe initiative – named ‘Bring the Magnoliaback’ united local citizens and otherorganisations to protest the destructionof protected cultural assets in the city.After this campaign, the magnolia treebecame a symbol of resistance against aharmful city management. The initiative,in a new form, will continue with its workto protect public spaces in Zagreb.

A memorable weekend of ‘voluntarysimplicity’ was organised by Friends of theEarth Belgium – Wallonia. Participantsdiscussed material and mental decluttering,how to live simply even if those aroundyou are not supportive, and how to beactive without wearing yourself out. Therewere workshops on basketry, gardeningand cookery. Despite all the activities, theaim of the weekend was slowing down, andsimply enjoying time together. It willremain in the minds of the people presentat one of the best weekends of 2018.

Promotingmeaningful and sustainablelifestyles. © FoE Wallonia

Totalna prevarna:“total fraud”.Campaigning for green space in Zagreb. © FoE Croatia

Building people powerin Banja Luka. © FoE Bosnia & Herzegovina

NetherlandsA DUTCH CLIMATE LAW

Belgium (Wallonia)

24hours of simple living

This was a major breakthrough, and tenyears in the making for Friends of theEarth Netherlands. A new Dutch climatelaw sets the Netherlands on the road toreducing CO2 by 95% by 2050. It is lessambitious than was hoped, but themoment is no less beautiful.

Citizens of Banja Luka proved in 2018 howmuch impact civic responsibility can havein decision-making processes. When agreen public area of the Nova varošneighbourhood was under threat, citizensorganised public hearings, assemblies andother citizens initiatives to exert pressure.Friends of the Earth Bosnia andHerzegovina shared its expertise andlogistical support with the community,which succeeded in forcing theauthorities to change the plan. Nowcitizens of Banja Luka and beyond knowthat by taking civil responsibility they canachieve real change.


16+mil

people reached in the media across Europe

in 2018


31PUBLICATIONS

in 2018


financial information2018

Operational grant – EUProject grants – EUProject grants – Other governments/institutionsProject grants – FoundationsProject contributions – Members & partnersMembership fees & donationsOther income

Total income

income 2018 (in euros)

700,000 793,070796,340555,622334,254282,889

5,977

3,468,152

20.2%22.9%

23%16%9.6%8.2%0.2%

100%

Campaigning & communicationsNetwork development & youthSupport to national members & partnersManagement & organisational developmentAdministration, IT & office costs

Total expenses

Expenses by department 2018 (in euros)

1,592,853275,943 608,742230,898749,947

3,458,383

46%8%

17.6%6.7%

21.7%

100%

SalariesOffice costsCampaigning activitiesSupport to national members & partners

Total expenses

Reserves allocation for 2018

Expenses by type 2018 (in euros)

2,041,282 329,499478,860608,742

3,458,383

9,769

59%9.5%

13.9%17.6%

100%



All figures rounded to the nearest Euro. Full copies of Friends of the Earth Europe’s accounts are available from the Belgian national bank at www.nbb.befrom 1st July 2019. Quote company number 0443.252.089. Details of our funding can be found on our website: www.foeeurope.org/about/financial

Thank you!

Friends of the Earth Europe’s work would not be possible without the support of our donors. We would like to thank the following institutions andfoundations for helping fund our work: the European Commission’s Directorate General (DG) Environment (Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sizedEnterprises, EASME, LIFE programme), the European Commission DG Development and Cooperation, European Commission - DG Agriculture, the EuropeanCommission’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (Erasmus+ Youth in Action programme), the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, theGerman Federal Ministry for the Environment – Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Umweltbundesamt, European Climate Initiative (EUKI)of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the European Youth Foundation of the Council ofEurope, Adessium Foundation, European Climate Foundation, Isvara Foundation, James M Goldsmith (JMG) Foundation, Jenifer Altman Foundation, MAVAFondation pour la Nature, Gaia Foundation, Grassroots Foundation, Plastics Solutions Fund.

Thank you also to our national member groups and to Friends of the Earth International. The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of Friendsof the Earth Europe and cannot be regarded as reflecting the position of the funders mentioned above.

Friends of the Earth Europe gratefully acknowledges financial assistance from the European Commission’s LIFEProgramme. The contents of this publication are the sole reponsibility of Friends of the Earth Europe and cannot be regarded as reflecting the position of the funder mentioned above.

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Austria, Vienna GLOBAL 2000 | GLOBAL 2000. Belgium – Wallonie, Namur Les Amis de la Terre | Friends of the Earth Wallonia & Brussels.Belgium – Flanders, Gent Friends of the Earth Vlaanderen & Brussel | Friends of the Earth Flanders & Brussels. Bosnia and Herzegovina, BanjaLuka Centar za životnu sredinu | Friends of the Earth Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bulgaria, Sofia Za Zemiata | Friends of the Earth Bulgaria.Croatia, Zagreb Zelena Akcija | Friends of the Earth Croatia. Cyprus, Limassol Friends of the Earth | Friends of the Earth Cyprus. Czech Republic,Brno Hnutí Duha | Rainbow Movement. Denmark, Copenhagen NOAH | NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark. England/Wales/NorthernIreland, London Friends of the Earth | Friends of the Earth. Estonia, Tartu Eesti Roheline Liikumine | Estonian Green Movement. Finland, TurkuMaan Ystävät Ry | Friends of the Earth Finland. France, Montreuil Les Amis de la Terre | Friends of the Earth France. Georgia, Tbilisi SakhartvelosMtsvaneta Modzraoba | Greens Movement of Georgia. Germany, Berlin Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland | Friends of the EarthGermany. Hungary, Budapest Magyar Természetvédok Szövetsége | National Society of Conservationists. Ireland, Dublin Friends of the Earth| Friends of the Earth Ireland. Latvia, Riga Zemes Draugi | Friends of the Earth Latvia. Lithuania, Kaunas Lietuvos Zaliuju Judéjimas | LithuanianGreen Movement. Luxembourg, Luxembourg Mouvement Ecologique | Ecological Movement. Macedonia, Skopje Dvizhenje na Ekologistitena Makedonija | Ecologist’s Movement of Macedonia. Malta, Valletta Moviment ghall-Ambjent | Friends of the Earth Malta. The Netherlands,Amsterdam Vereniging Milieudefensie | Friends of the Earth Netherlands. Norway, Oslo Norges Naturvernforbund | Norwegian Society forthe Conservation of Nature. Poland, Krakow Polski Klub Ekologiczny | Polish Ecological Club. Russia, St. Petersburg Russian Social-EcologicalUnion | Friends of the Earth Russia. Scotland, Edinburgh Friends of the Earth Scotland | Friends of the Earth Scotland. Slovakia, Banska BystricaPriatelia Zeme – Slovensko | Friends of the Earth Slovakia. Slovenia, Ljubljana Focus | Friends of the Earth Slovenia. Spain, Madrid Amigos dela Tierra | Friends of the Earth Spain. Sweden, Gothenburg Jordens Vänner | Friends of the Earth Sweden. Switzerland, Basel Pro Natura |Friends of the Earth Switzerland.

Cover image: local communities and climateactivists celebrate Hambach Forest being saved

from a destructive coal mine. © FoE Germany

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