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Sabotage: how companies lobby against EU protection for the world’s forests
The European Union is a major consumer and financier of products from global forest and ecosystem destruction.
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Legal opinion: Legal options for implementing climate criteria in the monetary policy of the European Central Bank
In the context of the ongoing European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) strategy review, the demand for a new, Paris-compliant or climate-resilient monetary policy has led to controversial debates in professional circles. Economists and representatives of national central banks, in particular the Bundesbank, expressed serious concerns as to whether the consideration of climate protection criteria was covered…
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Romania’s top polluter seeks €1.3 billion EU bailout for more coal & gas
The Romanian government’s proposal for CE Oltenia’s restructuring is a test of the European Commission’s commitment to align state aid with the European Green Deal. Approving CE Oltenia’s current restructuring plan would lock Romania into fossil fuels for decades and hinder a meaningful just transition plan for the communities in Gorj County.
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Report: EU spent €252 million advertising meat and dairy
Europeans consume around twice as much meat as the global average, and about three times as much dairy. To protect public health and nature, and to tackle the climate emergency,…
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The Future of Forests in the European Union
Untapped potential for nature conservation and climate change mitigation
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False sense of security
The global Covid-19 crisis has given us the opportunity to rethink how and where we produce what we consume.
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Polluters profiting from pandemic bailouts
How the fossil fuel industry is using the COVID-19 crisis to capture public funds and lock in dirty energy
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For local and ecological agriculture
If there is one area in which our agriculture and our food supply are especially dependent on imports, it’s the sector of vegetable proteins used in the production of animal fodder.
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Locking down critical voices
To protect public health, governments have adopted measures that radically change the way we live. Temporary restrictions on certain freedoms may be necessary to save lives and protect at-risk groups.…
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Report: Farming for Failure
New calculations based on UN FAO data and other peer-reviewed research finds that greenhouse gas emissions from animal farming in the EU account for 17% of the EU’s total emissions, the equivalent of 704 million tonnes of CO2, more than all cars and vans put together. The analysis also shows the scale of possible emissions…