Activists tell EU decision-makers of impacts on people, forests and climate This week, two Indonesian activists came to Brussels to speak to MEPs and policymakers to highlight the devastating impact that EU biofuels policy is having on their country. Deforestation and land grabbing Indonesia has some of the most biodiverse rainforest in the world. Yet …
Briefing: The role of the European Parliament 2014-2019 in moving Europe to resource efficiency
Incoming Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), who will be elected in May 2014, will have in their hands the potential to make the EU more resource efficient. Decisions made during their mandate have the possibility to make Europe a resilient continent to resource price fluctuation and increases, create half a million jobs in Europe, …
Briefing: The four footprints
Pressure on the world’s resources is rapidly increasing, as people’s living standards rise in many poorer countries across the world, while those in richer countries already use large amounts of resources. This is leading to volatile & increasing prices for key resources, and is creating negative environmental & social impacts like deforestation and high food …
Briefing: Seven ways Europe can use fewer resources
The European Commission started developing the EU’s resource efficiency agenda by including it as one of the pillars of the Europe 2020 strategy – its 10 year overarching plan launched in 2010. This briefing outlines the seven key steps that the EU can take to use fewer resources and ensure that we live in a …
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Conference: Degrowth – a movement gathering momentum
A staggering 3,000 participants and volunteers gathered last week in the German city of Leipzig for the fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, which sent a strong message to the EU to move away from economic growth at all costs and towards more responsible environmental stewardship. From 2 to 6 …
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Conference: Putting resource efficiency back on the agenda
On the 24th November, Friends of the Earth Europe will hold a conference at the North Rhine-Westphalian EU representation in Brussels to discuss the opportunities for a stronger role of resource efficiency in current European policy processes. Europe is using more of the planet’s minerals, metals, forests, fuels, land and water than ever before. With …
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