The future of green transport must not include socially and environmentally unsustainable biofuels, a coalition of environment and development campaign groups have said today in a letter to EU energy chief, Günther Oettinger. The letter, from Friends of the Earth Europe and nine other organisations, is in response to the European Commission’s draft proposal [1] …
Over 4000 demand reduction in Europe’s land use
In Europe, we are currently consuming an area of land one and a half times the size of our continent. This amount is increasing and as a continent Europe is putting more and more pressure on the limited land the planet has left. This is pushing up food prices, driving land-grabs, contributing to climate change …
Biofuels reform ‘a messy, insufficient compromise’
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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