The next five years are crucial for humanity. The European Union must prioritise people, our environment, and climate in every policy decision to bring our societies within sustainable limits. Now is not the time to slow down, on the contrary: bold and urgent action is needed to tackle the climate and ecological emergency. Europe must …
Civil society’s proposal for an EU resource management law
Open Letter To: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European CommissionMaroš Šefcovic, European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and ForesightVirginijus Sinkevicius, European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and FisheriesThierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal MarketWopke Hoekstra, Commissioner for ClimateWillem van de Voorde, Belgian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the EUCharles Michel, President of the European …
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Launching Beyond Growth conferences across Europe
Across Europe, politicians, academics and civil society will explore the need for economic system transformation beyond growth at several national-level events. At least five Beyond Growth conferences have so far been confirmed, in Austria, Denmark, France, Ireland and Italy – most of them taking place within national Parliaments. These events are a direct consequence of …
Joint paper for an EU Directive on Sustainable Resource Management
There is a crucial gap in current EU laws: Resource overconsumption is not being addressed although it is predicted to continue to rise, underscoring the imperative for a new, binding law with science-based and overarching resource use reduction targets. We are launching a collective call for an EU Directive on Sustainable Resource Management together with …
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Degrowth must go hand in hand with decolonisation to solve climate crisis
Original opinion piece by Emilia Reyes in Open Democracy World leaders are now in Dubai for COP28, where they are set to discuss how to fast-track the global push towards clean energy. And with the Global North responsible for 92% of the world’s excess carbon dioxide emissions and 74% of excess material use (half of …
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Final EU laws on raw materials will increase mining and fail to deliver justice
Update 18th March 2024: the Council of the EU gave its final approval on the Critical Raw Materials Act, meaning the Regulation is adopted and will be published in the Official Journal of the EU, entering into force on the twentieth day following this.Today, after several weeks of negotiations between the European Commission, the European …
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