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Carbon Offsetting
(PDF† - 354k) Updated October 2008
Friends of the Earth does not support carbon offsetting. This updated briefing note explains why.

Developing a carbon budget for the EU
(PDF† - 774K) May 2007
The UK's forthcoming Climate Change Act will set carbon budgets for the UK. This report from consultants Ecofys UK discusses the concept of a similar cumulative carbon budget for the EU.

EU Emissions Trading Scheme review response
(PDF† - 44K) Mar 2008
Review of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme - joint statement on key issues and concerns with other key non-governmental organisations.

European Commission - climate and energy package
(PDF† - 47K) Jan 2008
The UK Government must give a massive boost to its support for renewable power if Britain is to play its part in tackling climate change and meet EU targets for green energy.

Feed-in tariffs
(PDF† - 40K) Jan 2008
What is a feed-in tariff and why does the UK need one to support renewable electricity?

Response to managing radioactive waste safely consultation
(PDF† - 129K) Nov 2007
Friends of the earth's response to the Government consultation.

EU renewables energy target response
(PDF† - 110K) Oct 2007
Our response to the leaked 'Options Paper' on the EU's 2020 20% renewable energy targets.

Severn Barrage Report
(PDF† - 655K)Sept 2007
Why Friends of the Earth Cymru opposes the construction of a Severn Barrage.

Consultation on the reform of the Renewables Obligation response
(PDF† - 54K) Sept 2007
Friends of the Earth's response to the review of the Renewables Obligation.

Draft Climate Change Bill consultation response
(PDF† - 57K) June 2007
Friends of the Earth's response to the DEFRA consultation on the Draft Climate Change Bill.

Reducing carbon emissions from business and the public sector
(PDF† - 27K) March 2007
Friends of the Earth's response to the consultation on measures to reduce carbon emissions in large non-energy intensive business and public sector organisations.

Planning Policy Statement consultation response
(PDF† - 32K) March 2007
Friends of the Earth's response to the Government consultation on the Supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1 on Planning and Climate Change.

How green was Gordon?
(PDF† - 97K) March 2007
In this briefing Friends of the Earth looks at the environmental record of Gordon Brown's decade (1997 to 2007) as Chancellor through the policy measures he has taken on climate change and other issues in his budgets.

Cleaner cars and greener homes
(PDF† - 75K) March 2007
This briefing sets out Friends of the Earth's detailed demands for tax and spend measures at the Budget to promote greener homes and less polluting cars.

After Stern: towards a climate change Budget
(PDF† - 179K) November 2006
This briefing sets out a broad range of policies to tackle climate change, which could be brought in at the Budget.

New research on the economics of climate change
(PDF† - 198K) October 2006
A briefing to summarise two pieces of research. The first looking at the consequences and colossal economic costs of not tackling climate change. The second setting out how the UK and the EU could set a carbon budget to commit to annual reductions in emissions.

Developing a carbon budget for the UK
(PDF† - 907K) October 2006
This report is intended as a discussion paper on the concept of a carbon budget for the UK economy. As such, the paper introduces the concept of a carbon budget and explores different system designs that could be used to put such a budgeting system in place.

Climate change - the costs of inaction
(PDF† - 262K) October 2006
This report examines the costs of inaction - the worsening damages that will result from allowing climate change to continue unabated. Economic models have estimated damages as great as US$74 trillion, but even these numbers fail to convey the multiple harms that lie in store for the world.

The Tyndall Report - Living Within a Carbon Budget
September 2006
This major piece of research demonstrates both the need and the means by which we can make a successful low carbon economy a reality in our lifetimes.

Up In Smoke? Latin America and the Carribean
(PDF† - 1807K) - English version
(PDF† - 2925K) - Spanish version
September 2006
The third report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development assesses the threat from climate change to the environment and human development in Latin America and the Carribean, areas particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to large inequalities in the distribution of wealth.

Key Asks for the Second Phase of the European Emissions Trading Sceme - Joint Statement
(PDF† - 35K) June 2006
A joint statement by nine organisations of key asks for the second phase of the European Emissions Trading Scheme submitted to the Public Consultation on the draft National Allocation Plan for the period 2008-2012.

The Energy Review - a short guide
(PDF† - 174K) March 2006
An introduction to the Government's 2006 Energy Review, and what Friends of the Earth's headline responses are - including positive solutions for the way forward and why we don't need nuclear power.

The Energy Review - Friends of the Earth's submission
(PDF† - 186K) April 2006
Friends of the Earth's full submission to the Government's Energy Review.

A Bright Future
(PDF† - 165K) March 2006
Friends of the Earth's (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) electricity sector model for 2030.

A Bright Future - Data
(PDF† - 139K) March 2006
Accompanying data for Friends of the Earth's electricity sector model for 2030.

Code for Sustainable Homes submission
(PDF† - 84K) March 2006
Friends of the Earth's (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) submission to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's consultation on the Code for Sustainable Homes.

Stern Review submission 2
(PDF† - 176K) March 2006
Friends of the Earth's (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) second submission to the Treasury Stern Review on climate change.

Stern Review submission
(PDF† - 365K) December 2005
Friends of the Earth's (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) submission to the Treasury Stern Review on climate change.

Carbon Capture and Storage
(PDF† - 83K) December 2005
Friends of the Earth's (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) position on carbon capture and storage.

Power Failure: How the World Bank is Failing to Adequately Finance Renewable Energy
(PDF† - 686K) November 2005
Friends of the Earth US's report on World Bank lending to renewable energy projects. Whilst it could be a key driver - it is failing to adequately fund clean energy and thereby missing a huge opportunity.

EAC Submission
(PDF† - 253K) October 2005
Friends of the Earth's submission to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry "Keeping the lights on: nuclear, renewables and climate change".

Tackling Climate Change through the Budget
(PDF† - 105K) October 2005
A briefing on what the Chancellor should do in the budget to tackle climate change.

Africa - Up in Smoke?
(PDF† - 1.38M) June 2005
Coalition report that makes the links between climate change and Africa, and stresses the need for urgent action. Published to co-incide with the G8 Summit.

Up in Smoke?
(PDF† - 788K) May 2005
This report expresses the common concerns surrounding the impacts of climate change on both the environment and peoples human rights, and calls for urgent action from governments to tackle the problem.

What the Government should do to tackle climate change
(PDF† - 815K) February 2005
Friends of the Earth's submission to the current review of the UK's climate change policy programme.

UK National Allocation Plan Consultation Response
(PDF† - 87K) June 2004
Friends of the Earth's response to the UK's National Allocation Plan submission for the European Emissions Trading Scheme.

ExxonMobil corporation emissions inventory - 1882 - 2002 Methods and Results
(PDF† - 834K) Dec 2003.
Estimates the carbon dioxide and methane emissions from ExxonMobil's operations and burning of its products from its early days as the Standard Oil Trust in 1882. The author is from Climate Mitigation Services, Snowmass, Colorado. 31 pages.

The results of this work are also available as a spreadsheet. Two of the main sheets are available to download:

Greenhouse Gas spreadsheet (PDF† - 313K)
Special Sums spreadsheet (PDF† - 241K)

If you would like to see the entire spreadsheet please use our contact page and choose an option.

Assessing the effects of CO₂, CH₄ and N₂0 emissions on atmospheric concentrations, changes in radiative forcing, changes in global mean surface temperature, and changes in sea surface level: a case study
(PDF† - 1017K) Dec 2003.
Uses the figures from the study above to run a well known climate model to calculate the contribution these emissions have made, and will make, to different aspects of climate change. By the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd of Auckland, New Zealand. 49 pages.

Exxon's climate footprint
(PDF† - 915K) Dec 2003.
Summarises the findings of the two reports above - and discusses the implications for ExxonMobil. By Friends of the Earth International.
16 pages.

Also available in French and Spanish

Evolution of climate change science, ExxonMobil and its emissions
(PDF† - 348K) Jan 2004.
Uses the findings from ExxonMobil corporate emissions inventory and examines how Exxon's emissions have grown - even as the scientific evidence for climate change has strengthened.
9 pages.

Renewables Obligation Consultation Response
(PDF† - 56K) Nov 2003
Friends of the Earth's response to the DTI consultation on the Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2003.

Analysis of Co-firing and the Renewables Obligation
(PDF† - 1.9MB) Nov 2003
An analysis of the effects of co-firing biomass with fossil fuels on the Renewables Obligation. A report prepared by Campbell Carr for Friends of the Earth and the British Wind Energy Association.

Carbon dinosaurs
(PDF† - 130K) Aug 2003
Details the role of coal-fired power stations in UK climate and energy policy.

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