Digital technology is often seen as a silver bullet. Presented as a necessary tool for innovation and tackling multiple global challenges, the truth is far more complex. Promoters of new digital technologies sometimes use this narrative of being indispensable in order to propel corporate and political agendas and consolidate economic and political power. Technologies are …
Open letter: Member States of the EU: Your obligations to implement the new EU Deforestation Regulation start today
Friends of the Earth Europe joined over 150 organisations from 40 countries in a call to EU governments to take their obligations seriously and start preparing to enforce new rules aimed at curbing deforestation worldwide, officially coming into force on June 29th 2023. Companies will have 18 months to implement the rules, which will apply …
Annual Review 2022
Read the Annual Review 2022 online …after the Russian attack on Ukraine, we were thrown into another extraordinary circumstance: war. The devastating impacts of the war are of course first and foremost borne by Ukrainians, and we stand in solidarity with them. However, the war also changed the context of our work and life: we …
The EU-Mercosur annex: a greenwashing exercise
The EU-Mercosur trade deal has been in limbo for several years, but now the European Commission is determined to have ratification begin this year (2023), despite opaque negotiations, public rejection on both sides of the Atlantic and the opposition of several EU national parliaments and governments. With the Amazon having likely reached a crucial tipping …
Open letter: EU Green Deal must secure a livable future for future generations, nature and farmers
Friends of the Earth Europe joins more than 100 environmental, scientific and social organisations, as well as farmers, trade unions and church groups call for an end to EU derogations that water down CAP environmental measures. Yes to the Green Deal. No to the suspension of the CAP’s environmental requirements Dear President of the European …
2024 EU elections campaign for better civic space
Friends of the Earth Europe is part of the broad coalition of civil society and philanthropy organisations brought together by Civil Society Europe and Social Platform to be vocal about the need for better civic space and civil dialogue all over Europe ahead of the 2024 EU elections. Civil society plays a prominent role in …
