The European Commission has recently concluded a trade deal with Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) which, if ratified, would be the biggest trade deal both blocs ever implemented in terms of the number of citizens involved. However, this paper shows: The trade deal comes at a tremendous expense for people and the planet. …
Community power: transposition guidance for citizen energy policies
This paper is a guide for national decision makers who face the task of putting aspects of the Clean Energy Package into their national legislation. It aims to inform national decision makers about how to transpose parts of the Renewable Energy Directive and the Electricity Market Directive. It focuses specifically on the provisions regarding the …
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Report on digital farming: From data giants to farmer power
Plans for reforming food and farming policies, in particular the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), feature digitalisation as a universal solution for more environmentally and pollinator-friendly farming. This new report warns however that digital farming, instead of benefiting the climate and environment, could further tighten the stranglehold of corporations on our food. The report shows that corporation-led digital farming …
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The Energy Charter Treaty: an axe to climate action
10 reasons the EU and governments must quit the Energy Charter Treaty The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is a major obstacle to fast and effective action on the climate and environmental crisis and should be disbanded. This little-known treaty from the 1990s grants sweeping rights to big corporations. The fossil fuel industry is using it …
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EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies – What to look out for
The EU Farm to Fork strategy is a set of proposed legislative and voluntary actions as part of the European Green Deal with the stated aim to make EU food “the global standard for sustainability”. The EU Biodiversity Strategy is a package of commitments, targets and actions aiming to “put Europe’s biodiversity on the path …
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EU scrutiny of GM food is non-negotiable
Friends of the Earth Europe and 73 other NGOs have today written to the EU Commission to demand that genetically modified (GM) crops are not pushed onto Europe’s fields and plates as part of a trade deal with the USA and call for better protection of the environment and climate in the EU’s trade policy.
