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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 …
Degrowth must go hand in hand with decolonisation to solve climate crisisRead more
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 …
Final EU laws on raw materials will increase mining and fail to deliver justiceRead more
For the second time, we brought representatives from academia, NGOs, grassroots and trade unions together around the topic of a beyond growth society in the EU.
An EU society beyond growth? We met again to discuss howRead more
Open Letter calling to move beyond growth started dispute Scientists Timothée Parrique, Kate Raworth and Vincent Liegey and organisations European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth Europe, Wellbeing Economy Alliance and European Youth Forum respond to the European Commission with a fresh case for a post-growth Europe to realise a dignified life for all within …
Controversy over EU Commission’s post-growth commitmentsRead more
In this response to the European Commission’s reaction on our Open Letter calling for a Post-Growth Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe and allied organisations and academics renew their demand for the EU to disengage from the socially and ecologically harmful growth competition and instead embrace a wellbeing cooperation. Authored by:Timothée ParriqueKate RaworthVincent Liegey To:Ursula …
Response to European Commission repeats call for a post-growth EuropeRead more
Naturvernforbundet / Friends of the Earth Norway and Natur og Ungdom / Young Friends of the Earth Norway are suing the Norwegian government over the granting of a permit for the dumping of 170 million tonnes of toxic mining waste into the Førdefjord. The two organisations believe that the Ministry of Climate and Environment’s approval …
The Fjord lawsuit: end the mining project, save the Førdefjord!Read more
