The cheapest, cleanest and safest energy is that which a country doesn’t use. But, like any worthwhile venture, energy savings require upfront financing and a supportive legislative framework. Here are ten bright ideas to deliver the energy savings we need.
Europe’s land import dependency
New research commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe from Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI) shows the scale of flows of ‘virtual land’ around the world – this is all the land that has been used to produce traded products. Europe’s ‘land footprint’ is one of the largest in the world, and the continent is …
Funding Europe’s future
Friends of the Earth Europe’s and CEE Bankwatch Network’s detailed recommendations for EU regional funds 2014-2020 aim to put Europe on a sustainable development path, urging the European Council and European Parliament, as well as national governments, to use these recommendations for Structural and Cohesion Funds to tackle climate change, stop biodiversity loss and reverse …
Under Pressure: How our material consumption threatens the planet’s water resources
This research shows how Europe’s material consumption is threatening the world’s water supply and Europe is neglecting the catastrophic consequences that water stress and scarcity will have in the continent and in the rest of the world. Europe’s high levels of water use are characteristic of alarming levels of resource use by a minority of …
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Locking up the Future: Unconventional oil in Africa
This short briefing gives an overview of three investments in unconventional oil in Africa currently in prospect in the context of debates about the need to mitigate global environmental threats and ensure sustainable development.
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Flying in the face of the facts: greenwashing the aviation industry with biofuels
This briefing demonstrates that biofuels are a false solution for the aviation industry. The social and environmental impacts of current biofuels can be devastating: they cause deforestation, food price rises, hunger, poverty, biodiversity loss and they often produce more GHG emissions than the fossil fuels they replace. Biofuels present the aviation industry with a convenient …
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