This report examines the case of the vast Malaysian State of Sarawak, which is developing large-scale plantations at breath-taking speed having overexploited its timber resources and depleted its forests. Sarawak plans to more than double its 2007 levels of oil palm acreage by 2010, taking it to a total of 1.3 million hectares.
Whose Views Count? Business influence and the European Commission’s High Level Groups
This report fouses on the expert groups known as high level groups which advise the European Commission on controverial issues like climate change, chemcials and food. It finds that groups are unbalanced and undemocratic, and geared towards improving the competitiveness of European business at the expense of h is other public interests.
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A case for change: how car manufacturers are dismissing the EU’s fuel labelling directive
The majority of car advertisements are not complying with the EU Directive for fuel consumption and CO2 labeling. By analysing several case studies in 6 countries, the study gives recommendations to improve current directive implementation and future revisions.
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The 40% study
A summary of the study by Stockholm Environment Institute ‘Europe’s share of the climate challenge – Domestic actions and international obligations to protect the planet’. The research proves for the first time that 40% domestic emissions cuts by 2020 in Europe are technically possible and financially feasible, and estimates the EU’s fair share of financial …
Climate Justice Times
A special one-off publication produced for the UN climate talks in Copenhagen with articles about Friends of the Earth’s demands for climate justice, campaigns around the world, and testimonies.
Potential Unfulfilled
The EU structural and cohesion funds have the potential to catalyse the transition to a low carbon economy in Central and Eastern Europe. Yet, as this latest analysis from CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe – published approaching the midpoint of the 2007-2013 programming period – reveals, this prospect still remains remote …
