This report gives the opinion of the German Magistrates Association on the establishment of an investment tribunal in TTIP – the proposal from the European Commission on 16.09.2015 and 11.12.2015 The report says the German Magistrates Association rejects the proposal of the European Commission to establish an investment court within the framework of the Transatlantic …
Briefing: how Europe needs to more robustly regulate its financial sector
This briefing paper says that Europe needs to toughen-up its regulations for how investors deal with environmental and social risks. It is based on the joint submission by Global Witness and Friends of the Earth Europe, on 31st January 2016, in response to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the EU regulatory framework for …
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Nature is our right: policies to protect nature in Europe for the good of everyone
The laws that protect nature across Europe – the EU’s Birds and Habitats Directives (known as the ‘nature directives’) – are currently being reviewed by the European Union as part of the REFIT (Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme) process. The review will continue until the end of 2016. In this report, Friends of the Earth …
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Draft agenda: Activists gathering on resource use, consumption and waste, 7-9 March 2016, Bulgaria
Climate’s enfants terribles: misguided spending is holding back Europe’s clean energy transition
This new research shows that EU billions destined to transform the carbon-intensive, inefficient energy systems of central and eastern Europe (CEE) are being misspent. In nine CEE countries only 7 per cent of the 178 billion euros in European Regional Development and Cohesion Funds will be invested into renewables, energy efficiency and SMART grids, and …
FoE response to final statement on complaint guidelines on Rabobank and Bumitama (Jan 2016)
The report contains Friends of the Earth’s response to the final statement by the Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on the case of loans by Rabobank to illegal operating oil palm company Bumitama, 15th of January, 2016.
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