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Land Under Pressure: global impacts of the EU bioeconomy

A number of existing and emerging EU policies and initiatives to green plastics, packaging, fuels and more through plant-based sources are at risk of backfiring with big social and environmental impacts, according to this new report. Substituting fossil-based products for plant-based ones is the core idea of the ‘bioeconomy’, which is promoted in the EU …

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Governments must keep ambitious targets for recycling – open letter from civil society

Eleven civil society organisations, including NGOs, think tanks and progressive business groups, have written a joint open letter to all 28 EU Environment Ministers, calling on them to adopt ambitious and binding recycling targets. The European Council is currently debating changes to EU waste laws, which were proposed in December 2015 by the European Commission …

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Degrowth week 2016 in Budapest – wellbeing and resource justice

Over 500 academics, activists, campaigners, policy-makers and interested citizens from around the world – including a number of representatives of Friends of the Earth groups – took part in the Fifth International Degrowth Conference, Walking the meaningful great transformations, from 30th August to 3rd September in Budapest, Hungary. The week’s events ranged from academic talks …

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