Denmark will take the helm of the Council of the European Union from January 2012 at a crucial time for the future of Europe and its citizens. As government cuts start to bite and the debt and Euro-zone crises unfold, Europeans continue to be...
Industrial pollution is a severe threat to water resources around the world, particularly in the Global South where the view prevails that pollution is the price to pay for progress. The only way to address these hidden dangers in our water is...
Media briefing on the European Commission’s communication on climate finance & what’s next in the countdown to Copenhagen
On 28 January 2009, the European Commission will present its ‘Copenhagen communication.’ This communication puts forward proposals ahead of international climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December. It is expected to focus on how to reduce...
There is a clear scientific consensus that we must halve global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050 or suffer changes to the global climate with catastrophic consequences. Avoiding the most severe impacts of climate change requires governments...
In preparation of this week's Environment and Energy Councils held in Luxembourg this briefing lists some of the issues Greenpeace is concerned about.
On Monday 3 March, EU environment ministers will have their first official debate on the Commission’s recent proposals for new legislation on climate & energy (also known as the climate & energy package) and on carbon dioxide emissions from...
The European Convention: Green 8 summary briefing.
Evaluation by the “Green Nine” of the content of the EU Constitution as compared with the ambitions these organisations had formulated at the start of the work of the European Convention.
Media briefing in advance of Environment Council, 9 March 2006. Background to key agenda items on GMOs, biodiversity and climate change.
Media briefing for EU Environment Council, 20 February 2007: key agenda items on climate change and GMOs
This document is Greenpeace's interim assessment of the Copenhagen Accord, the outcome of the UN Copenhagan climate conference which took place over two weeks in December 2009. The conference gathered together world leaders who failed to produce...
How can the EU ensure that new and additional funds are being generated and economic incentives created for forest protection?
Brussels, International — Environment ministers will today discuss the outcome of the recent Cancun climate conference and the next steps that the EU should take to implement the agreements. Ministers will also continue their assessment of a...
Brussels, International — European environment ministers will meet in Luxembourg this Thursday 11 June. Greenpeace will closely follow discussions on two agenda points in particular.
Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace expresses its disappointment that EU member states have failed to openly reject the introduction of forest-based credits in the European carbon market. Instead, it has left the issue open and directed the Commission...
Brussels, Belgium — Christmas has come early for the automotive industry, after the European Commission pledged to deliver a generous rescue package of €5 billion in 2009 despite the industry’s resistance to legislation to reduce car CO2 emissions.
Nuclear energy cannot fulfil Europe’s energy needs, but burdens countries with spiralling costs and constitutes an enormous threat to the environment, said Greenpeace at an EU-sponsored meeting on nuclear energy in Bratislava today.(1)
Environment groups have today urged members of the European Parliament to vote against controversial proposals to massively expand the use of biofuels. The groups warn that most biofuels threaten wildlife, food supplies and people in developing...
With only two months of the Slovenian EU presidency left to go and a number of crucial environmental issues on the agenda, Greenpeace has warned that Slovenia must sharpen up its act if it wants to leave a lasting mark on the EU political scene.
Brussels, Belgium — Environmental NGOs, including BirdLife International, the CEE Bankwatch Network, OTOP, the Polish partner of BirdLife International, Greenpeace, WWF Poland and Wetland Conservation Centre support the European Commission's...
Brussels, Belgium — In the biggest such decision since the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, EU leaders stepped up the momentum on climate change today, by deciding that the EU should reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2020. Greenpeace...
Strasbourg/Brussels, International — The European Parliament signalled its strong opposition to changes to the way renewable energy sources are promoted in Europe, in a vote that stands in stark contradiction to a European Commission plan seen by...
30 March 2011, Budapest/Brussels – Tomorrow, Hungary will be exactly half way through its six month EU presidency period. Greenpeace welcomes the positive role it is playing in relation to genetically modified (GM) crops, but called its...
As tensions escalated between Russia and Ukraine in March, raising fears of disruptions to European gas supplies, EU leaders asked the European Commission to draw up a plan to reduce the EU’s energy dependence. The EU spends over €1bn...
In January 2009, the European Commission presented its ‘Copenhagen communication’. The communication puts forward initial proposals on how to generate a flow of funds to developing nations under the future Copenhagen climate agreement, in order...
The eight largest European environmental organisations, the Green 8, have been working together to advise the Convention on issues relevant to environment, sustainable development and participatory democracy.
Brussels, Belgium — Europe needs to create an extensive network of nature reserves in the sea to protect against the consequences of global warming and help marine life survive the impacts of climate change, according to a discussion paper...
The boots are on and the referee is about to blow the whistle: the Swedish Presidency is almost underway. But before the game has even started, Greenpeace has ranked the Swedish government for its performance in the lead up to this crucial moment...
The Green 10 coalition of environmental organisations has a track record of producing European Commission scorecards. This latest publication presents the final grades for the 2004-2009 Barroso Commission, assessing its performance in a number of...
A review produced by the Green 10, a group of leading environmental NGOs active at EU level
This paper presents the view of the leading European environmental organisations on the draft European Constitution. We present simple, realistic and concrete suggestions for amendments to the text of the draft Constitution as finalised by the...
Thirty years ago, groups of individuals in New Zealand were preparing to leave their families, their jobs and their homes to set off in small boats across the Pacific Ocean into a nuclear weapons testing zone. They hoped that their...
Parliaments in democracies the world over are places of vigorous discussion and sometimes fierce debate. Views on either side of the political spectrum are often radically divergent. With members from political parties in all of the...
Are Europe’s polluters demanding more scrutiny of their operations? Well, unsurprisingly, no, but industry lobbyists putting pressure on the European Commission to increase the power of its chief scientific adviser does sound...
European and American trade negotiators have a tough week ahead of them. They are meeting behind closed doors to negotiate a new Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) We want to put an end to these negotiations...
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Fossil fuels are killing our climate and we need to find alternatives. It’s a simple message that most people get, but what happens when one of the supposed alternatives also becomes not just a climate killer, but a driver of hunger?
Well this must be embarrassing. As you know, Europe’s biggest carmaker Volkswagen has been saying it wants to become the most environmentally-friendly car company in the world. But in reality the managers of VW want to do as little...
Last week Volkswagen announced improvements to its new cars that will reduce their emissions by enough to beat existing EU legislation. Are we surprised? Are we stunned? Not really. It’s not the success we are looking for, we’re...
This morning in Brussels, more than 170 Greenpeace activists challenged companies in Europe to take more ambitious access on climate change by blocking access to delegates arriving at the European Business Summit: 'Europe in the...
The EU is under enormous pressure from Canada to accept climate-wrecking tar sands oil. The question is, will Europe buckle? Canada sits on the world’s 3rd biggest estimated oil reserve, but much of it is locked up in tar...
In January 2009, Greenpeace set out its expectations for the Czech Republic’s EU Presidency, with a special focus on climate and energy issues. With the Czech Presidency coming to a close, we are now assessing its performance in these priority areas.
The biofuel policy of the European Union is at a crossroads. Currently, an EU law mandates the use of biofuels largely made up of food crops that, instead of reducing emissions, have been shown to increase them. In trying to extinguish...
Greenpeace sets out its expectations and priorities for the Czech Republic’s EU Presidency for the first six months of 2009, with a specific focus on climate and energy issues.
I was 22 years old when I had to leave my homeland, South Africa. I had no choice. I was living underground for a year by then, to avoid being arrested. This was 1987, in the midst of one of the most bloody and violent periods in the...
Greenpeace demands of the Hungarian EU Presidency 2011
In June 2009, Greenpeace ranked Sweden’s preparation ahead of its six months as EU president with the red and yellow card system used in football. Greenpeace found that Sweden was already playing a dangerous game in a number of environmental...
What happened to the 80 commitments?
The current revision of the European Treaties and the drafting of a Constitution for the European Union creates a unique opportunity to provide the EU with legal frameworks for truly innovative policies that would make the EU the world leader in...
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