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False sense of security
The global Covid-19 crisis has given us the opportunity to rethink how and where we produce what we consume.
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EU summit: Covid response shows climate action is possible
Brussels – The unprecedented response to the coronavirus pandemic is proof that governments can take radical climate action, said Greenpeace as European government leaders met at a summit in Brussels to discuss a higher EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2030.
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MEPs vote to exclude fossil fuels from coronavirus recovery fund
Brussels - MEPs in the European Parliament’s environment committee have voted to exclude fossil fuel investments from the €672.5 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the largest fund under the EU’s coronavirus recovery plan.
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EU Parliament holds key to Europe’s green recovery
As Europe continues to be a global hotspot for the coronavirus pandemic and its economic and social impact, the EU is moving ahead to agree an unprecedented recovery fund of €750 billion, in addition to the EU’s seven-year budget, worth around €1.1 trillion.
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EU-Mercosur: leaked treaty has no climate protection, undermines democracy
Brussels, 9 October 2020 – There are no sanctionable clauses requiring the EU and Mercosur countries to respect climate or environmental protection in the treaty under negotiation between the two…
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EU Parliament edges climate action forward
Brussels – In a vote on a new EU climate law on Tuesday, the European Parliament has backed an increase in the EU’s 2030 climate target to a 60% cut in emissions.
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EU-Mercosur mythbuster
The EU must make progress on several fronts to play its part in tackling the climate emergency, avoiding ecological collapse and preventing future health crises.
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Polluters profiting from pandemic bailouts
How the fossil fuel industry is using the COVID-19 crisis to capture public funds and lock in dirty energy
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The climate crisis hasn’t gone away, neither have climate protests
For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe, thousands of protesters are once again taking to the streets and social media, from Brussels to Moscow, to call on governments to step up climate action. This new wave of demonstrations, labelled the Climate Care Uprising, is taking place just as governments and the European…
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All bark, no bite: EU Commission’s rule of law report, Greenpeace
Brussels, 30 September 2020 – The European Commission has stopped short of recommending sanctions for EU governments guilty of a list of breaches of the rule of law documented in a new report it released today, said Greenpeace.
