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Last night, the European Parliament, Council and Commission agreed to fully deregulate the new generation of genetically-modified organisms (new GMOs, or so-called ‘new genomic techniques’). Mute Schimpf, food campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe, condemned this deal: “This agreement is nothing more than an early gift for the biotech industry and a punishment for …
New GMOs deal: an early Christmas gift to big biotechRead more
Today, the government of the Netherlands and the UK announced that they will drop their funding support from TotalEnergies’ controversial LNG Mozambique project. In the UK’s case, that means $ 1.15 billion. The news comes shortly after the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) filed a criminal complaint in France against TotalEnergies for …
This is a joint press release NGOs welcome the EU Ombudswoman’s finding that the EU Commission committed maladministration in rolling back key environmental and human rights protections – marking a major milestone for transparency, democracy, human and environmental rights. In light of these findings, NGOs warn that the Commission must end the use of undemocratic …
EU watchdog slams Commission’s undemocratic environmental rollbacks Read more
Originally published by Friends of the Earth International. The United Nations climate talks (COP30) have officially closed in Belém, Brazil. Decisions related to climate finance, adaptation and the just transition were made against a background of rich Northern nations scapegoating developing countries whilst blocking progress on critical outcomes. Now, 10 years since the signing of …
COP30 Closes: Hijacking by rich countries and dire need for peoples’ multilateralismRead more
Today, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) filed a criminal complaint in France against TotalEnergies for complicity in war crimes, torture and enforced disappearance. The oil and gas major is accused of having directly financed and materially supported the Joint Task Force, composed of Mozambican armed forces, which between July and September …
Originally published by Friends of the Earth International. The Peoples’ Summit has officially closed in Belém, Brazil, with the handing of the final declaration to the COP30 presidency. Over 24,000 participants across hundreds of movements are committed to fighting the drivers of the climate crisis, including militarism and capitalism. United, movements advanced the already-existing real …
Hundreds of movements converge in internationalist solidarity as Peoples’ Summit closesRead more
