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Sustainable resources management and sufficiency are the only cost-effective strategies to achieve climate goals and resource justice. With the European Commissioner hearings coming up, Friends of the Earth Europe and partner organisations reached out to MEPs to point out a major blind spot of the new college of Commissioners and their mission letters: There is …
Briefing: Reduce resource use for a fairer, cleaner, more resilient EuropeRead more
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has finally announced her team of Commissioners to lead Europe through the social, biodiversity, and climate crises we are in. Kim Claes, corporate capture campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe, reacted: “The set-up of the team is not what we need to lead a just transition. Most …
Commissioner portfolios: Is the EU ready for a just transition?Read more
Lindsey Wuisan works on resource justice and new economies in the Friends of the Earth Europe office in Brussels. She joined grassroots defenders in Covas do Barroso, Portugal, resisting destructive lithium mining. Here is what she learned.
The movement to explore economic systems beyond growth is by now unstoppable. More and more grassroots collectives support this orientation, academic literature on benefits of degrowth is expanding fast and now, local civil society organise conferences to bring these systemic ideas closer to their national politicians – and into their very parliaments. Between April and …
A wave of Beyond Growth economics rolls across EuropeRead more
While environment ministers acknowledge the need of resource use reduction, the EU Strategic Agenda is set to ignore it During the EU Environmental Council meeting on 17 June 2024, ministers from different countries adopted ambitious conclusions on the mid-term review of the 8th Environmental Action Programme (EAP). In the conclusions, they admitted what we have …
The EU’s mixed messaging on sustainable resource managementRead more
According to the preliminary European Parliament Elections results, the political middle ground in favour of the European Green Deal has held ground. Jagoda Munic, director of Friends of the Earth Europe, reacted: “These election results are a reminder that the people are yet to see the real-life benefits of the European Green Deal: warm homes, …
EU Elections: Politicians must ensure people benefit from the Green DealRead more
