30 September 2008
The current EU GMO authorisation process is
affected by a fundamental problem. In breach of
legal requirements, the authorisations are based
exclusively on the opinions (all positive to date) of a
single EU body, the European Food Safety
Authority's (EFSA).
Since the Authority was set up in 2002, a number
of experts and EU Member states have consistently
highlighted fundamental flaws in EFSA’s opinions.
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30 September 2008
The environmental risk assessment
currently performed in the EU is inappropriate, as it
is not capable of assessing the risks associated
with GM plants (see Greenpeace environmental risk
assessment reform briefing).
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24 September 2008
This Thursday, 25 September, the Parliament’s environment committee will cast its vote on the EU’s first ever legally binding CO2 emission standard for new cars. There is a substantial risk that, ceding to heavy industry pressure, the committee may insert numerous loopholes.
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10 July 2008
This briefing describes the consequences of the proposed Franco-German deal on car emissions.
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03 July 2008
Millions of people around the world are suffering food shortages, unaffordable food prices and hunger. This is due to a number of factors: industrial farming, bad harvests related to climate change, unjust distribution of food, rising oil prices, changes in consumption patterns, financial speculation on agricultural commodities and the rush for agrofuels.
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02 July 2008
Last October, the European Commission (EC) announced the preparation of a forest package which would include measures to reduce deforestation and a legislative proposal to prevent the marketing of illegally harvested timber and timber products in the EU. The EU timber regulation is scheduled to be adopted on 23 July, whereas the EC proposal on reducing deforestation is expected to be put forward later this year, ahead of the UN Climate Summit in Poznan on 1-14 December 2008. The EC forest package is also a priority of the 18-month joint programme of the future French, Czech and Swedish Presidencies of the EU.
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See our new discussion paper "The Heat Is On: the role of marine reserves in boosting ecosystem resilience to climate change". Click on cover image to download pdf file (1MB).
