After 21 months of delay, the European Commission has drafted a framework to reform EU biofuels policy and the massive carbon emissions caused by expanding agriculture for biofuels. The draft policy [1] aims to address so-called ‘indirect land use change’ (ILUC) where agriculture has to expand to accommodate biofuels demand. This happens at the expense …
Europe’s biofuels plans driving social and environmental destruction
Brussels, Belgium, November 8, 2010 – Plans to increase the use of biofuels in Europe over the next ten years will require up to 69 000 square kilometres of new land worldwide and make climate change worse, a new study reveals today [1]. The report finds that an area over twice the size of Belgium …
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WTO: Hands Off Our Natural Environment
Key recommendations for the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference by Friends of the Earth International.
A programme for the Sustainable Development of the European Union
Proposals from Environmental Organisations for a realistic and ambitious Sustainable Development Strategy – to be adopted by the June 2006 European Summit. A publication from the Green 10.
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The EU’s responsibility at the WTO: Environment, Gender and Development
Proceedings of the conference organised by Friends of the Earth Europe, Women in Development Europe with the support of the Heinrich B?ll Foundation and the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Globalisation – Brussels, 09 November 2005.
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“What did you buy today…?”
What we know, what we do not know, and what we ought to know about chemicals in everyday household items.