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Government bailouts: put people and planet first
    |       4 minute read
Globally, COVID-19 has turned how our society works upside down, with massive impacts on health, jobs and how we live our lives. More and more people across the world are in financial and physical danger. As Rachel Kennerley explains, our government must make difficult decisions to help us recover both from the pandemic and from the climate crisis that we’re facing as well.
Climate
General
Politics

  The Fairness Test: a mandate for bold climate policy
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The transition to a low-carbon Britain must be fair – meeting ambitious carbon reduction targets and tackling social inequalities.

Friends of the Earth's new report recommends what this means for key policy areas – access to transport, warm homes, jobs in key industrial sectors, participation in policy formation and how to pay for the transition.

Download the report to find out what a fair climate plan looks like.

  Chair recruitment pack
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This pack includes a welcome from Vice Chair and our Co-Executive Directors, all about Friends of the Earth, our values, strategy and business plan, the role description and how to apply and key dates.

Brighton and Hove Friends of the Earth

We’re a group of volunteers from across Brighton and Hove, working to improve the environment of our vibrant city. We take action on a range of issues and work with other environmental and social action groups in the Greater Brighton area.

Tottenham and Wood Green Friends of the Earth

Tottenham & Wood Green Friends of the Earth is an active environmental campaign group. We take action on a range of local, national and international issues including climate change, fossil fuel use, renewable energy, sustainable transport, plastic, biodiversity, and waste. We work with other environmental groups in Haringey and are part of Sustainable Haringey and the Haringey Climate Forum.

What does a zero-waste world look like?
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Over recent years the scale of plastic pollution and its chokehold on nature has floated to the top of people’s environmental priorities but remains low on the government’s agenda. Instead of putting the onus on individuals to buy plastic-free products, what if we lived in a world free from unnecessary plastic? And what would it take to get there?
Sustainable living
Plastics