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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Open letter: European Commission’s biased road to deregulation of new GMOs
Together with 39 organisations we have sent a letter to EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides to express our serious concerns over the way in which the Directorate-General for Health (DG Sante) is organising the impact assessment on new GMOs – new genomic techniques (NGTs) – and in particular, the consultations that will feed into the …
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Energy Communities in the EU: opportunities and barriers to financing
This report provides a substantial overview of the financing tools and mechanisms that are currently available to energy communities in the EU. Using detailed examples, the report examines the different opportunities and barriers faced by energy communities when accessing private or public funds. Energy communities need specified support in order to access the funds they …
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Open Letter: Solidarity means protecting the energy poor, not expanding fossil fuels in Europe
Together with 27 other organisations we have written to the EU Energy Council calling on them to prioritise people struggling to pay their energy bills instead of leaving the door open to more fossil fuel investment. The recent European Commission proposal for a Council Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices includes …
Open letter: EU Commission must include the sustainable food systems proposal in its 2023 work programme
In October, the European Commission will adopt its work programme for 2023. Friends of the Earth Europe joined over 20 civil society organisations in sending a letter to the Commission’s President von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Commissioners Stella Kyriakides, Janusz Wojciechowski and Virginijus Sinkevi?ius, calling upon them to ensure ensure that the legislative …
