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Farming for the future: agroecological solutions to feed the world

There is no doubt that eliminating hunger worldwide is one of humanity’s greatest challenges in the 21st century. However, there are radically divergent visions for how to achieve this goal. Many people equate “feeding the world” with the need to produce more food, but in reality the problem is one of unequal and wasteful distribution. …

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Energy efficiency first: five reasons we need a higher target for 2030

This short briefing spells out why the cheapest, cleanest, safest energy is the energy we don’t actually need. Every 1% improvement in energy efficiency means lifting 7 million people out of energy poverty, and savings equivalent to 60 supertankers of oil. There are also increased savings on health and pollution costs, increases in GDP and …

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CETA Trading Away Democracy

On September 26, 2014, Canada and the European Union (EU) announced the conclusion of a far-reaching economic integration agreement, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The agreement included an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism, later tweaked and re-branded as ICS (Investment Court System) in February 2016, which could unleash a corporate litigation boom against …

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10 actions for a biodiverse Europe

The EU has spent more than two years evaluating its foundational nature protection laws – the Birds and Habitats Directives. Now they have been found “fit for purpose”. But with just three years remaining in which to reach the 2020 goal of halting the loss of biodiversity in the EU, now is the time for …

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A new food and agriculture policy for the European Union – position paper on the 2013 review of the CAP

Between now and the end of 2013, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will undergo a major reform. This means that on the 1st of January 2014, a new agriculture policy for the European Union with a new budget will enter into force. In this paper, Friends of the Earth Europe provides a summary analysis of …

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