NFI News 01/2026 Los Angeles Naturefriends Club House News ~ EcoCowala Handbook out ~ Interview with Granit Gashi (NF Kosovo)https://mailchi.mp/e9d008136e83/nfi_newsletter_january2026-8569557?e=c6b076dec3
Available in #English, #German and #French.

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NFI News 12/2025 🌲🌍📸 Look back and Season's Greetings ~ Interview with Mamadou Mbodji ~ Human Rights Day ~ PhotoChallenge winning pictures
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Available in #English, #German and #French.

YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Europe The deregulator

Ever heard of cheesing?* 🧀

It's the perfect way to describe the game that's played by decisionmakers to destroy environmental & human rights protections:

1. Cheap tricks
2. Unfair
3. Overly easy

Watch & let us know who you nominate for BIGGEST cheese⁉️

#Deregulator

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MAMADOU MBODJI: President of the African Friends of Nature Network | Africa on air

A powerful and timely conversation with Mamadou Mbodji, President of the African Naturefriends Network, following his impactful lecture at the Climate Academy in Paris last October, at the event organised by Amis de la Nature France.
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#NaturefriendsClimateFund

NFI News 11/2025
Your Christmas tree grows in Africa! ~ Global Naturefriends Days 2025 Report
Available in #English, #German and #French.
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96 Civil Society Organisations Pledge for Fossil Free Politics - CAN Europe For decades, the fossil fuel industry has worked to block effective climate action – denying climate science data, delaying progress towards clean energy and distorting democratic debate. Through mass...

💫 New Civil Society Pledge for #FossilFreePolitics💫

96 CSOs unite behind one demand: climate policy free from fossil fuel influence. 1/2🧵👇

🔗 caneurope.org/96-civil-soc...

@fossilfreeeu.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org @foeeurope.bsky.social

#COP30 starts today in Belém, Brazil!
COP30 must be a turning point for climate justice. It's time for the biggest emitters to take real responsibility. NF Climate Fund, supports small but effective climate projects.
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#NaturefriendsClimateFund

🌎COP30 is a key moment as the world leaders get together and many voices are heard -including us! We want to make sure that our DEMANDS are heard loud and clear. Counting that they all evolve into urgent action, we DEMAND for✊:

#COP30 #JustTransitionNow #DrawTheLine
1/6 🧵👇

⚠️ The Council of the EU has agreed on a 90% net 2040 climate target, but loopholes threaten even its headline figure.
Our Climate Policy Coordinator, @silviaval3.bsky.social, explains why this deal is disappointing 👇

Read our reaction to the target here 🔗 caneurope.org/2040-climate...

More than 100 organisations tell Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! - Fossil Free Politics As COP30 approaches, we're now calling on the EU's climate chief, Commissioner Wopka Hoekstra, to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks again this year, and to push member states to ...

A letter signed by more than 100 organisations was sent to Hoekstra, asking not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30 🇧🇷

👍 Promisingly, there were no lobbyists in the official EU delegation last year

👎EU Member States still brought 113 lobbyists

✉️: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...

#COP30

NFI News 10/2025
Available in #English, #German and #French.
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💭 Curious about how aviation links to climate justice & greenwashing?

🔥 Join the Stay Grounded US & International Training on Aviation & Climate Justice!

🗓 Nov 25, Dec 2 & 9 – online

➡️ Info & sign-up: stay-grounded.org/training/

Statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition urging to support an ambitious EU 2040 domestic emission reduction target ahead of COP30 - CAN Europe Members of the Coalition for Higher Ambition have written to EU Heads of State and Government to ask for support a domestic 2040 net emission reduction target of at least 90%.

🇪🇺 Ahead of next week’s #EUCO, the Coalition for Higher Ambition calls on EU leaders to back a science-based 2040 target of at least 90% net emission cuts.

🔥 The cost of inaction is skyrocketing, but ambition pays off!

📄 Read the full statement 👉 caneurope.org/hac-letter-o...

#COP30 #EU2040

NFI News 09/2025. Available in English, French and German.

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Statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition urging to agree on an ambitious EU 2040 domestic emissions reduction target and NDC - CAN Europe Ahead of the September ENV Council (18th) and ENVI Committee vote (23rd), the Coalition for Higher Ambition, an alliance of European business, major city networks and regional governments and civil so...

⏰ This week EU Environment Ministers should have been deciding on the #2040Target, but some governments have now secured further delays!
Citizens, local authorities and businesses are calling on Europe to deliver ambition, not water it down.
Read more 👉 caneurope.org/hac-sept-2025/
#ClimateAction

The EU weakens the rules that safeguard people and the environment | Corporate Europe Observatory

Our rights, planet, health and justice are not for sale!
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#RulestoProtect
#SOTEU
@corporateeurope.org
@caneurope.org
@global2000.bsky.social
@foeeurope.bsky.social
@epsu.bsky.social
@eeb.org

Find nature near me Type in a town or city in Europe and "Flora" will tell you the nearest Natura2000 site to you! and tell you about some of the wonderful nature you can find there

A new tool to discover your new favourite European nature spot by @euenvironment.bsky.social
FLORA can tell you about the protected natural sites near you that are part of the EU's Natura 2000 network.
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NFI News 07/2025. Available in English, French and German.
Piano on the Mountain ~ Fruit trees plantings in Senegal ~ In conversation with Naturefriends: Nazarena & Jannis

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1/ 🌱 Nature in Europe is in a pitiful state. The financing gap for biodiversity currently stands at EUR 48 billion annually. Without higher allocations of #EUFunds for nature restoration and conservation, the biodiversity crisis cannot be addressed.

📣 The NFI PhotoChallenge 2025 started!
Join in and show us what sustainable travel means to you!
Submit your best photo by 15 November 2025 and get the chance to win amazing prizes!
How to participate: Find out here: www.nf-int.org/photochallenge

NFI News 06/2025. Available in English, French and German.
respect_NFI PhotoChallenge ~ Trails ~ NFI Annual Report ~ In conversation with Naturefriends
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❗Early international offset deals under Article 6 have shown huge flaws: overestimated reductions & negative local impacts

👥 These deals have no proper safeguards!

⚖️ The EU must not trade away climate integrity

Read more: caneurope.org/dont-outsour...

#ClimateJustice #Article6 #EU2040

Our latest Info-Mail just dropped (in #German only) – and it’s full of fresh insights on sustainable tourism!
🌍 How can tourism help protect Romania’s last primeval forests?
⚖️ Why does conservation in Tanzania sometimes lead to conflict with local communities?

Read more: mailchi.mp/3852750f7914...

Rivers across Europe are heavily broken up by barriers like dams and weirs

With around 1.2 million in place, these structures massively disrupt biodiversity and threaten healthy waters 💦

But with the Nature Restoration Law, that’s about to change - see how ⬇️
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#RestoreNature

🇪🇺 Climate leadership starts at home
🌍 Relying on international offsets weakens the EU’s role on the world stage

🛑 No to Article 6 in the 2040 target
✊ Yes to real domestic ambition

Read more: caneurope.org/dont-outsour...

#EU2040 #ClimateLeadership #Article6