In our open letter to the German Green Party, we ask them to put the transition to 100% renewable and community energy at the heart of the upcoming election. There is a worrying slow-down in Germany’s Energy Transition (the so-called Energiewende). The country was once Europe’s leader for renewable energy, but it is becoming a …
We need a fair and green CAP
Together with 40 other organisations, we wrote to the European Council, Commission and Parliament to urge them to make the reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) greener, fairer and healthier. We’re calling for the following principles to be included in the new CAP: Incorporate the principles, objectives and targets of the Green Deal into the CAP …
EU trade deal set to increase harmful meat imports – Report
Meat linked to human rights violations and deforestation are already on the shelves of our local supermarkets in Europe and on the plates of European consumers, and the EU-Mercosur deal will just increase this.
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Civil society calls on MEPs to support corporate accountability
Next week, Members of European Parliament will vote on a report that paves the way for the EU to require companies to protect human rights and the environment in their global value chains by law. Friends of the Earth Europe have signed onto this joint statement with 5 other NGOs calling on MEPs to back the report.
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Green light for new GMOs?
Biotech companies are using the European Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy to promote the latest forms of genetically modified crops and seeds, and the European Commission appears to have fallen for the spin. A recent consultation on future legislation to protect consumers and the environment from new forms of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) …
The UN Declaration on the rights of peasants as a tool for promoting collective rights
Around the world, people and communities are active in defence of the commons, territories, and peoples’ rights. From peasants protecting their seeds and traditional practices from transnational agribusiness to forest communities resisting destructive logging, many of these collective struggles take place in rural areas. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People …
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