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European Parliament demands biodiversity protection, EU countries and Commission must follow suit – Greenpeace
Brussels, 15 January 2020 – The European Parliament is set to adopt a resolution on actions to combat the biodiversity crisis and protect nature, including a call to protect half…
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Time for the Commission to get serious about tackling deforestation
Brussels, 16 December 2019 – Agriculture and forest ministers are expected to issue a strong call to the Commission today to “step up EU action” on deforestation and forest protection.…
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European Green Deal misses the mark
Brussels, 11 December 2019 – The European Commission officially presented its plan for a European Green Deal today. Greenpeace warned that although the volume of policies is impressive and the…
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EU report warns pursuit of ‘growth’ is incompatible with environmental protection
Brussels, 4 December 2019 – The European Environment Agency (EEA) has warned in a new report that “Europe will not achieve its sustainability vision of ‘living well within the limits…
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Leaked European Green Deal is not up to the task, Greenpeace
Brussels, 29 November 2019 – Draft plans for a European Green Deal would have minimal impact on the worsening climate and ecological emergencies, warned Greenpeace. Greenpeace has obtained a recent…
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Brazilian indigenous leaders ask Timmermans to stop forest destruction
Protest with flaming tree trunk brings Amazon fires to Brussels Brussels, 5 November 2019 – Leaders of indigenous communities in Brazil are in Brussels to ask European Commission vice-president Frans…
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European Parliament backs new protections for bees
Brussels – The European Parliament has backed new protections for bees, thwarting a move by the EU Commission and national governments to maintain outdated guidelines for how to evaluate the dangers…
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Protecting forests, natural ecosystems and human rights
Read the full briefing here. If everybody in the world lived like the average EU resident, humanity would have consumed the equivalent of 2.8 planets by the end of 2019.…
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EU environment boss nominee turns blind eye to forests as Amazon burns
Brussels – Virginijus Sinkevičius’s near silence on an EU plan to tackle deforestation is disgraceful, said Greenpeace. The nominee to be the next European commissioner on environment and oceans, answered…
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Incoming EU farming boss must back less and better meat and dairy, Greenpeace
The nominee to be the next European agriculture commissioner, Janusz Wojciechowski of Poland, must steer EU farm policy away from industrial production of meat and dairy to keep his promises to protect small farmers and the environment, Greenpeace has said.