The attack on Ukraine brought Europe’s dependency on Russian oil and gas into the limelight earlier in 2022. But the EU doesn’t only rely on fossil fuel supplies from Russia. Research by Corporate Europe Observatory illustrates the EU’s dependence on fossil gas from all over, and how this is a consequence of the fossil fuel industry’s successful capture …
How biotech giants use patents & new GMOs to control the future of food
This briefing warns that the patent rules are being abused and the consequences of exempting new GMOs from GM regulations could be dire for climate resilience and the future of our food.
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Pesticide Atlas – Facts and figures about toxic chemicals in agriculture
The new and first Pesticide Atlas reveals new facts and data on global pesticide use and trade, its impact on people, their health and biodiversity, and alternative solutions.
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Open letter: Reform the EU’s economic rules for wellbeing of all people and planet
Friends of the Earth Europe joined over 130 civil society organisations in sending a letter to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to demand that the IFC stop using public taxpayer dollars to finance exploitative industrial agriculture.
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Open letter: Stop financing industrial agriculture
Friends of the Earth Europe joined over 130 civil society organisations in sending a letter to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to demand that the IFC stop using public taxpayer dollars to finance exploitative industrial agriculture.
EU and UN instruments must work in tandem to guarantee justice
The UN Treaty aimed at regulating the activities of transnational corporations and other businesses (also commonly referred to as the Legally Binding Instrument, or LBI), and the proposed EU Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (CSDDD) are two legal instruments currently under negotiations. The instruments, while different in nature, are comparable since both include provisions …
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