European Parliament turned into a place of commemoration as part of a European campaign calling for corporate accountability.
Activists commemorate 272 people killed in Brumadinho dam collapse in die-inRead more
New GMOs, a risky distraction to climate and food security
As leaders gather for the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) to adopt what is sometimes called a “Paris Agreement for nature”, the European Commission moves ahead with deregulation plans for a new generation of genetically modified plants (new GMOs). Friends of the Earth Europe’s new briefing shows that new GMOs are actually an environmentally-risky distraction from …
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Big win as European Parliament urges the EU to exit the ECT
Today Members of the European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the EU and all member states to proceed with a coordinated withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an international trade agreement protecting fossil fuel investments.
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Commission slammed for “anti-democratic power grab” in EU- Mercosur trade deal negotiations
In an open statement ahead of a meeting of EU trade ministers this Friday 25th November, 200+ civil society organisations from Europe and Latin America have called on EU governments and decision-makers to oppose the European Commission’s attempt to fast-track EU-Latin American free trade deals by side-stepping national parliaments and removing member states’ veto right, …
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COP27: Historic Loss and Damage fund conceals perilously weak outcomes
As a historic breakthrough in deadlocked COP27 talks, a Loss and Damage fund to compensate developing countries for the irreversible impacts of climate change has been established – despite consistent efforts by the US and other developed countries to derail it. This fund was one of the key demands of developing countries, and it is …
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COP27: End fossil fuel addiction, fund just energy transition
To stem runaway climate change, COP27 must steer away from the fossil fuel industry’s greenwash and so-called ‘nature-based solutions’, and instead focus on cutting fossil fuel emissions at source, say Friends of the Earth on the eve of the UN climate talks. Activists and experts from the world’s largest grassroots environmental network are in Egypt …
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