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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.
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For local and ecological agriculture
If there is one area in which our agriculture and our food supply are especially dependent on imports, it’s the sector of vegetable proteins used in the production of animal fodder.
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1.5°C is the limit! Activists urge EU ministers to raise climate target without accounting tricks
Berlin - Ten Greenpeace activists greeted EU environment ministers arriving for a meeting in Berlin with a four-metre high image of a burning planet and the words: “1.5°C is the limit!”. The protesters called on ministers to take climate science seriously and back a 65% cut in EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
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“Inadequate and irresponsible”: NGO analysis of EU Commission’s 2030 climate plan
Analysis by eight leading green NGOs.
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EU governments have disproportionately restricted freedoms during COVID-19 pandemic
Brussels, Berlin – Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU governments have imposed disproportionate restrictions to civic freedoms, hampering activism and democratic participation, a new report by Liberties and…
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Locking down critical voices
To protect public health, governments have adopted measures that radically change the way we live. Temporary restrictions on certain freedoms may be necessary to save lives and protect at-risk groups.…
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Animal farming in EU worse for climate than all cars
Animals won’t stop farting and burping, says Greenpeace
