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Today, the Energy Charter Conference finally adopted its proposal for modernising the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Negotiations to reform the ECT aimed to align it with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal. However, even after modernisation, the ECT continues to undermine European and global climate policies. It still …
Energy Charter Treaty modernisation adopted, still undermines climate actionRead more
Just one week before a potential announcement of a new political agreement of the EU-Mercosur trade deal, +400 civil society organizations, social movements, think tanks and other social groups from Latin America and the European Union, representing millions people demand an end to the negotiations of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. They call it a “toxic …
Toxic Trade Alert: +400 organisations urge leaders to drop EU-Mercosur dealRead more
Exxon Mobil is suing the Dutch government for its decision to phase out gas exploration in Groningen, the Netherlands. They are using the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) to do so. The EU and the Dutch government have already decided to step out of the ECT but several other EU countries are still staying in. Paul …
Exxon Mobil sues the Dutch government using climate wrecking ECTRead more
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has finally announced her team of Commissioners to lead Europe through the social, biodiversity, and climate crises we are in. Kim Claes, corporate capture campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe, reacted: “The set-up of the team is not what we need to lead a just transition. Most …
Commissioner portfolios: Is the EU ready for a just transition?Read more
According to the preliminary European Parliament Elections results, the political middle ground in favour of the European Green Deal has held ground. Jagoda Munic, director of Friends of the Earth Europe, reacted: “These election results are a reminder that the people are yet to see the real-life benefits of the European Green Deal: warm homes, …
EU Elections: Politicians must ensure people benefit from the Green DealRead more
Today, Europe’s energy ministers formally adopted the European Commission’s proposal for the EU to leave the controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an international trade agreement protecting fossil fuel investments at the expense of climate action. After years of campaigning for an exit, Friends of the Earth Europe and climate justice activists across Europe celebrate this historical …
EU energy ministers greenlight historic exit from the Energy Charter TreatyRead more
