The European Union is in the process of introducing a new legislation that would exclude most of the “new generation” of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) – seeds, plants and foods developed through new genomic techniques (NGTs) such as gene editing – from its existing GMO regulations. The draft law significantly weakens the approval process for …
Hands off the EU Deforestation Regulation
Friends of the Earth Europe joins 225 civil society organisations from over 40 countries in calling on all national EU governments and the European Parliament to reject the Commission’s proposal to delay the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR). Read the joint statement below or download the letter. We, the undersigned organisations, call on the European Parliament …
Briefing: Reduce resource use for a fairer, cleaner, more resilient Europe
Sustainable resources management and sufficiency are the only cost-effective strategies to achieve climate goals and resource justice. With the European Commissioner hearings coming up, Friends of the Earth Europe and partner organisations reached out to MEPs to point out a major blind spot of the new college of Commissioners and their mission letters: There is …
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Green Solidarity: Guiding Principles for a Truly Just Social Climate Fund
Written collectively by a coalition of social and environmental NGOs, this briefing outlines a series of proposals for national Managing Authorities to prepare truly effective National Social Climate Plans. Drawing from concrete and applied examples from other major public funds (e.g., the Recovery Facility), and the National Energy Climate Plans drafting process, the briefing provides …
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Annual Review 2023
Read the Annual Review 2023 online In 2023 we saw the ugly face of the climate crisis in Europe: from the EU’s largest ever recorded forest fire in Greece, the landslide disaster in Georgia, to massive rains causing havoc in Slovenia, Norway, and Sweden. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued, heightening the sense of horror and …
Gas phase-out: Looking ahead, away or forward
The next five years are a critical period for our climate efforts in the EU. With over two-thirds of EU citizens recognising climate change as a priority issue, and 2023 marking the hottest year in recorded history, it is undeniable that EU politicians and decision-makers must take on the responsibility of developing a clear vision …
