Walking the circle – the 4 guiding pillars for a Circular EconomyRead more
Land as a resource – letter to the European Commission
A coalition of groups [1], including Friends of the Earth Europe, ActionAid, Birdlife, Oxfam and the European Environment Bureau have united to send this call to the European Commission to include work on land as a resource in its work programme for 2016. A European Commission paper on this topic was initially planned for 2015, …
Land as a resource – letter to the European CommissionRead more
Battle of the discount rates
President Juncker, Vice-President Šef?ovi? and Commissioner Arias Cañete are very supportive of energy efficiency. They’re calling for higher ambition and an ‘efficiency first’ approach to energy policy. But this is being undermined by modelling methodology which assumes renovating a building in Europe is riskier than drilling for oil in a war zone. It’s the high …
Annual review 2014
This review introduces our work and the impact we had in 2014 – in Brussels and beyond. Read on for details of the impacts of our campaign highlights at the EU level, the activities of our youth network, success stories from our member groups around Europe, detailed financial information, a look ahead to the Paris …
Overconsumption: a ticking time bomb
Our current model of economic growth is unsustainable on a planet of finite resources. Europe is already consuming more than its fair share of natural resources, with devastating impacts on ecosystems and communities. The availability of resources is, and will remain, a cause of conflict as the global population increases, middle classes grow and developing …
Carte blanche for fracking
While the European Commission is publicly talking up its climate ambition, it is allowing the shale gas industry to dominate the behind-the-scenes debate on fracking policy. This briefing reveals how the European Commission’s new expert network on shale gas is dominated by major fracking industry players and those with strong links to it, and freezing …
