Briefing

A summary of how the European Commission's plans to deregulate new GMOs may affect the environment, farmers, consumers, retailers, governments and human health.

The vast majority of Europe's farmland is dedicated to feeding an increasing number of farm animals for meat, dairy and eggs. This huge overproduction of animals brings dangerous levels of…

Next week, the European Parliament is due to officially adopt a ground-breaking piece of environmental law that will cut Europe’s contribution to global forest destruction

For more than 20 years, the European Union and the Mercosur countries struggled to negotiate over a trade agreement. Finally, while Brazil was under the leadership of Bolsonaro

This briefing provides a short outline of Greenpeace’s request for internal review, sent to the European Commission on 8 September 2022, on the inclusion of nuclear energy and fossil gas…

What Europe’s policy-makers must do to truly achieve food security

Brussels – On Monday 5 December, representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament and EU national governments will meet in Brussels for what may be the final round of negotiations…

Forests are essential for life on earth. Despite this, forests have been cleared and degraded at an accelerating rate in recent decades mainly due to agricultural expansion, illegal or unsustainable…

17 November will be a big day for nature protection – here’s what to look out for

One third of the busiest short-haul flights in Europe have train alternatives under six hours, whereas many trips could be made easier by train, according to research by OBC Transeuropa…