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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, …
Commission slammed for “anti-democratic power grab” in EU- Mercosur trade deal negotiationsRead more
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 …
COP27: Historic Loss and Damage fund conceals perilously weak outcomesRead more
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 …
COP27: End fossil fuel addiction, fund just energy transitionRead more
A group of seed saving, environmental and consumer organisations reveals how these companies seek to increase their control over the future of farming by extensively patenting plants and developing a new generation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
How biotech giants use patents & new GMOs to control future of foodRead more
While tension is rising amongst EU Member States on new pesticide reduction targets, the new ‘Pesticide Atlas’ released today by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Friends of the Earth Europe and PAN Europe shows that the amount of pesticides used worldwide has increased by 80 percent since 1990, causing harm to the health of farmers, consumers and nature alike.
Europe must slash pesticide use to protect people and planet’s healthRead more
17 February 2023 Rectification The quotation marks around “a serious obstacle to climate change mitigation” have been removed from the text below, as this was not a direct quote from the IPCC report. This was a mistake in the editorial process on our part. However, the IPCC report does state that “…international investment agreements may …
