Campaigns

Here at Friends of the Earth Cymru, we focus on campaigns that are of a national scale. Below you will find our top priority campaigns.

Check out the left side or scroll down for a list of campaigns.

We do work however on a whole spectrum of things. For local issues, please see our local groups page for your nearest local group activity, who will be campaigning in your area.

The Glasgow climate talks

In November 2021, global leaders will descend on Scotland for the Glasgow climate talks (also called COP26).  The talks are a key opportunity to demand justice for those most affected by the crisis and hold leaders to account.

Find out more and get involved

Stop funding fossil fuels

It's time to stop investing in unethical funds to send a powerful message to the fossil fuel industry that we’re taking the climate emergency seriously. After all, we can’t fight climate breakdown while funding the very companies driving it.

Help us divest Wales!

Take climate action in Wales

We're facing a climate emergency - the biggest threat to our very existence. The window of opportunity to act and stave off all but the worst impacts of climate change, is closing. What we do in the next few years will determine the future of the world.

Join a local climate action group

Zero waste Wales

If we are to live sustainably on this planet, we must stop sending our stuff to landfill.

Clean up our air

Air pollution has been shown to cause lung cancer, and worsen heart and lung disease. We need to clean up our air now - for our health and our planet.

Plastic is a waste

Plastic has become an everyday norm, but it's time to rethink our dependency on it.

It's time to end our dependency on plastic

Bee Friendly in Wales

Save our pollinators!

Without our bees our environment and economy - including our food - are in trouble. We need them to pollinate our fruit and vegetables. And right now, they need us to help save them.

Will you Bee Friendly?

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Our response to Welsh Government's warm homes consultation

Friends of the Earth Cymru have responded to the Welsh Government consultation document, 'Proposals for the next iteration of the Warm Homes Programme.'

Bus reforms would make Welsh transport fairer and greener

Friends of the Earth Cymru welcomes the Welsh Government the Bus White Paper, published today (Thursday 31 March), which sets out plans to introduce ‘one network, one timetable and one ticket’.

Buy your Egnio 2022 tickets

Book your ticket for Egnio today! Egnio 2022, or ‘energise’ in Welsh, is the Wales version of Groundswell, Friends of the Earth’s flagship programme of regional and national events for grassroots activists and supporters.

Wales Roads Review - our response

Our response to the Wales Roads Review: initial panel report, published by the Welsh Government today (10 February 2022)

Is flooding in Wales getting worse?

This briefing examines why so many more homes are threatened by flood water, where they are and what we can do to manage flood risk.

How Caerphilly gained a Tiny Forest

Lynn Gazal, full time mum and environmental campaigner and Terry Gordon, a retired Geotechnical engineer, tell the story of how a community group brought a Tiny Forest to their local park during the Covid-19 Pandemic, and some things they learned along the way.

Zero waste Wales

Campaign to turn Black Friday into #GreenFriday

Friends of the Earth Cymru, together with a group of Wales-based businesses and organisations, has launched a #GreenFriday campaign in a bid to get people to reject Black Friday on 26 November.

Net Zero Wales - our reaction

Welsh Government published 'Net Zero Wales: Carbon Budget 2', a plan for reducing climate-damaging emissions in Wales over the next five years (2021-5) on 28 October 2021

Play it Again Sport makes sport accessible in RCT

A social enterprise with a mission - or rather several missions - Play it Again Sport have recently been awarded a grant by the People's Postcode Lottery and they have also won the BASIS Social Impact, Engagement and Education Award 2021). Natasha Burnell tells us what they've been getting up to!

Include public sector pension funds in Net Zero Wales

Welsh Government's net zero plan to reduce emissions in Wales over the next five years and beyond is out on 28 October. We've sent an open letter to the Welsh Government asking them to include public sector funds in the new plan.

10,000 voices across Wales call for bold climate action

On Tuesday 19 October, we joined Climate Cymru, Stop Climate Chaos Cymru and other organisations to present over 10,000 voices demanding urgent action on climate change to the Welsh Government. Kirsty, our Communications Officer, was there.

Global Day of Action - what's happening in Wales?

It's the Global Day of Action for the Climate on 6 November. This is our moment to mobilise and send a clear message to our leaders that we need drastic and urgent action on climate change at the Glasgow Climate Talks. The Earth's on fire while our leaders drag their feet. You can let them know how you feel by joining in with a local action. Here is a list of what our local and climate action groups are involved in across Wales. Drop them a line or sign up to an event to get involved.