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EU taxonomy: Commission backs ‘green’ investments for burning trees
The European Commission has greenwashed green investment rules published today under the EU’s so-called EU taxonomy, said Greenpeace.
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The EU must not use forests to offset climate inaction
Forest restoration must not be used to offset climate inaction in the agriculture, energy, housing, industrial and transport sectors.
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The EU must not rely on certification schemes to protect nature
We wrote to European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius asking them to introduce a strong EU law to keep products linked to destruction of forests…
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Certification schemes let forest destruction into EU market
Brussels – Products linked to forest and ecosystem destruction, land disputes and human rights abuses continue to access the EU market labelled as ‘sustainable’ by many certifications schemes, according to…
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Revealed: meat sold in Europe driving destruction of Brazil’s Pantanal region
Brussels – European retailers are selling beef and leather linked to the record destruction of one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil’s Pantanal region, a new investigation has revealed.…
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Over 1 million people tell EU to stop funding forest destruction
Brussels – A landmark 1,193,652 people made submissions to the EU’s public consultation on deforestation, demanding a strong EU law to protect the world’s forests. The European Commission received the…
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EU governments cling to fossilised world order, Greenpeace
Brussels, 11 December 2020 – A deal to creep up the EU’s climate target for 2030 at a summit in Brussels exposes a reluctance by governments to follow the science and tackle the root causes of the climate emergency, said Greenpeace.
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Hot air balloon activists blast EU’s inflated climate promises
Brussels – With the European Union’s climate credibility hanging by a thread, activists floated a 27-metre hot air balloon at a make-or-break summit on Thursday to warn that governments are not doing enough to confront the climate emergency.
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Study: EU forests could absorb twice as much CO2
Brussels – If managed differently, the EU’s forests could absorb twice as much CO2 every year, according to new research by Naturwald Akademie. [1] The study, commissioned…
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The Future of Forests in the European Union
Untapped potential for nature conservation and climate change mitigation