While much of Europe’s rare nature is safeguarded on paper, in practice it does not always receive the high levels of protection it should do. Nature protection efforts are being undermined by the European Commission’s failure to consistently challenge Member States on illegal nature destruction. Find out more about where nature is under threat across …
The state of implementation of the Birds & Habitats Directives
This report with BirdLife Europe, European Environmental Bureau and WWF assesses the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives in 18 Member States. It finds that, while the majority of the Member States assessed (67%) have fully incorporated the Birds and Habitat Directives into national law, they have failed to implement them properly. This means …
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The Energy Atlas
Facts and figures about renewables in Europe. Revealing the dramatic advance of renewable energy and the future shape of energy in Europe, the ‘Energy Atlas’ shows how technology now available makes a 100% renewable energy system viable. It is published with the European Renewable Energies Federation, Green European Foundation (GEF), and the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.
The way forward for Europe’s energy transformation
It’s crunch time for EU energy policy. As negotiations on new laws governing our energy future until 2030 pick up speed, it’s time to look at what this will mean for people and planet. In this briefing, we outline the way forward for an energy transition that would benefit all, moving away from fossil fuels, …
Good Food Good Farming: call for action October 27-28
Join us this October 27/28 to raise the alarm for good food and good farming, when we will organise colourful actions across Europe: demonstrations, protest picnics, or any other creative way of showing the food and farming future we want and need. Read the flyer for more information, and to sign up or for any …
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Trading ideas for a new food system
Recently Europe has seen unprecedented opposition to free trade agreements such as TTIP and CETA. Central to these protests were concerns that these new trade and investment agreements would have harmful impacts on food quality, consumers’ rights, farmers, producers’ income, as well as wider negative impacts on jobs and working conditions in the food sector. …
