Poznan, POLAND, December 12, 2008 – The rich industrialised world, and most notably the European Union, is squarely to blame for the severe lack of progress made at United Nations climate talks in Poznan, Poland, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. The EU’s plans for reducing its own emissions – its much-hyped climate and …
Young people from across Europe meet EU ministers and demand they ‘wrap it up!’
Poznan, POLAND, 11 December 2008 – European environment ministers arriving at crucial climate negotiations in Poland received messages this morning sent by over a thousand young people urging them to ‘wrap up’ climate change. Ministers from Austria, Germany, Norway, Malta, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom were presented with messages from young people from over …
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Carbon-rich peatlands threatened by new EU renewables law
Brussels, 9 December 2008 – As the European Parliament and EU Member States are finalising their negotiations on a new European law for renewable energy, international environmental organisations are warning that under the new law large swathes of peatlands, possibly representing the world’s largest carbon stores, will be destroyed for the purpose of producing bio-energy. …
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Parliament must reject worst parts of EU climate plans to save European climate credibility
The proposal to share post-2012 greenhouse gas reductions between EU countries, known as ‘Effort Sharing’, is one of the key elements of EU action against climate change. It sets the reduction targets for sectors not covered by emissions trading, such as agriculture, transport and households representing 55 per cent of EU emissions. However this proposal, …
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Agrofuels lobby and Finnish MEP disgraced at Worst EU Lobbying Awards ceremony
Brussels, 9 December — The winners of the 2008 Worst EU Lobbying Awards have been revealed at a ceremony in Brussels today, despite a last minute attempt to gag the organisers with legal action from one of the candidates. More than 8500 people took part in the online public vote [1]. One of the candidates …
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EU set to fail climate test
Brussels, 4 December 2008 – European leadership on climate change continued to melt away today as EU Environment Ministers meeting in Brussels appeared unable to inject positive momentum into negotiations on Europe’s flagship response to climate change – the climate and energy package. Environmental campaign groups – Climate Action Network Europe, Friends of the Earth …