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 …
Unmasking new GMOs: protecting the right to transparency
The European Commission’s proposal to widely deregulate the new generation of Genetically Modified Organisms (new GMOs) – now called New Genomic Techniques or NGTs for political purposes – plans to take away farmers’, food processors’, retailers’ and consumers’ right to be informed whether the feed and food they buy contains new GMOs. The law proposal …
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Open letter for a strong pesticide regulation and nature restoration law
Friends of the Earth Europe and PAN Europe wrote to Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, to call on them to protect people’s health, the environment and long-term food security. Find the letter below or download the PDF above. Dear members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, …
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Three hundred organisations call on EU Commission to keep new GMOs tested and labled
Civil society organisations have written a letter to the vice president of the European Commission, urging him to keep new GMOs regulated. The letter signed by 300 organisations, states: “We conclude that the best way is to maintain the current legal system for all generations of GMOs and keep new GMOs regulated under the existing …
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2033 newspaper: Celebrating 10 years of Post-Growth Europe
Found at the Beyond Growth conference in the European Parliament: A newspaper describing a possible world 10 years from now… The Precendented Times: 15 May 2033 edition
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Post-growth Europe: 400+ experts call for wellbeing economy
A post-growth Europe critical to survive and thrive, urge over 400 civil society groups and experts Authored by:Timothée ParriqueKate RaworthVincent Liegey Signed by, among others:Milena BuchsEloi LaurentEkaterina ChertkovskayaJulia SteinbergerCamille ÉtienneAdélaïde CharlierNick Fitzpatrick (see pdf for complete signatories) Friends of the Earth EuropeEuropean Environmental BureauEuropean Youth ForumWellbeing Economy Alliance Olivier De SchutterGiorgos KallisRobert CostanzaJason HickelDominique MédaEva …
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