Brussels - Solidarity, sustainability and peace are the answers to today’s challenges, said Greenpeace as EU leaders meet in Brussels today to discuss the aftermath of the UK referendum.

Brussels – Today, the European Commission and Canadian government agreed to include a new approach on investment protection and investment dispute settlement in the EU-Canada comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA).

Brussels – The Greenpeace blockade on EU-US trade talks has been lifted after Belgian police secured a side entrance for negotiators.

Brussels – For the past hours thirty Greenpeace activists from seven countries have blocked the entrances to the Brussels building where EU and US negotiators were due to hold secret talks for a trade deal that would give multinational...

Brussels – Greenpeace activists have blocked EU and US negotiators from holding secret talks in Brussels for a trade deal that would give multinational corporations unprecedented power.

27 July 2016 – Greenpeace Germany today published an updated version of The EU Pesticide Blacklist [1]. This catalogue, developed by an independent expert, classifies all pesticides authorised in the European Union according to their potential...

Un navire chargé de bois provenant d’entreprises forestières impliquées dans des activités illégales en Amazonie a été immobilisé aujourd’hui en France par des activistes de Greenpeace.(1) Cette action survient alors que la Commission Européenne...

Brussels, International — Plans to increase the use of biofuels in Europe over the next ten years will require up to 69 000 square kilometres of new land worldwide and make climate change worse, a new study reveals today [1]. The report finds...

Brussels, International — Greenpeace is pleased that after two years of difficult negotiations and seven years after the EU first planned to crack down on illegal timber pouring into the EU market, a ban now seems a step away.

Brussels, International — New sustainability guidelines for biofuels in Europe do not go far enough to prevent a dramatic increase in deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. The guidelines and an associated certification scheme only address...

Brussels, International — The European Parliament environment committee sent a strong signal to the Council by backing tough measures that would ban illegally logged wood products in the EU, said Greenpeace following a second reading vote in...

Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace unveiled a 12-metre Amazon tree as part of a multi-media installation by the acclaimed Brazilian artist, Siron Franco,(1) at the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels today. The trunk taken from an area...

Today Greenpeace protested during a meeting in Brazilia between José Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, to highlight the joint EU-Brazil responsibility in fuelling the destruction of...

Helsinki/Brussels, International — A Greenpeace International report released today reveals how illegally logged timber from Russia is being freely imported into Finland to factories including those of Stora Enso, which is partly owned by the...

Brussels, Belgium — Two-and-a-half years after Greenpeace exposed EU building sites as 'Forest Crime Scenes', the European Commission has admitted that 1000m2 of timber used to renovate the Commission's Berlaymont building came from unknown and...

A cargo loaded with timber sourced from companies with links to illegal logging operations in the Amazon was blocked in France today by Greenpeace activists.(1) The action comes as the European Commission is preparing to announce legislation...

Brussels - European Commissioners today failed to agree how to close a major loophole in EU biofuels policy. The lack of progress adds to years of delay while the climate impact of harmful biofuels continues to grow, Greenpeace said.

Brussels – Europe could enjoy the broad benefits of an energy system powered from renewable sources by 2050, but must set a firm 2030 renewable energy target to steer the transition, according to a new report published today.