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400.000+ Europeans oppose push for deregulating new GMOs

A coalition of 50+ organisations in 17 EU member states today deliver a petition to the European Commission demanding to keep the new generation of genetically modified organisms ‘regulated and labelled’. The petition ran from April to November 2022 and received 420.000 signatures.   European Commission-president Ursula Von der Leyen announced in her last state of Union …

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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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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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