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12 points for an EU climate law
Forests are burning, glaciers are melting and the window for stopping catastrophic climate change is closing. Incoming European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has promised a climate law. To tackle the climate crisis and implement the Paris climate agreement, Greenpeace and WWF call on the new EU climate law to do twelve things.
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EU ‘green’ funds should be limited to countries with coal phase outs – Greenpeace
Access to EU ‘green’ funding must be limited to governments committed to coal phase out dates, said Greenpeace, as the European Commission released a €1 trillion investment package for the coming decade. The package, made up of reallocated EU and national funds, as well as private money, is the first element of the Commission’s European…
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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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Gas slips through as EIB slashes fossil fuel funding
Luxembourg/Brussels – The European Investment Bank (EIB) will limit funding for new fossil fuel projects starting at the end of 2021, but some gas infrastructure will continue to be eligible…
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UN report on land exploitation exposes blind spot in EU climate action
EU Green Deal must begin shift to climate change-resilient farming, Greenpeace Brussels – A landmark UN report on the impact of human land exploitation has exposed a giant gap in the…
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340+ organisations call on EU to halt trade negotiations with Brazil
Brussels – In an open letter published today, over 340 civil society organisations are demanding that the European Union immediately halt trade negotiations with the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay…
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Letter to European leaders on future of Europe
Every day, people across Europe struggle with growing poverty and inequality, deteriorating access to healthcare and worrying levels of youth unemployment. Meanwhile, many large companies pollute the environment, refuse to…
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Scientists and indigenous groups right to raise alarm about impact of EU trade – Greenpeace
Brussels – Over 600 scientists from across Europe and representatives of 300 Indigenous groups from Brazil have called on the European Union to make trade talks with Brazil conditional on the…
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Governments steamrolling climate commitments to seek EU-Trump trade deal
Brussels – Today’s likely approval by European governments of new mandates to start fresh trade negotiations with the US could raise the infamous TTIP from the dead, despite concerns over…
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EFSA must side with public, not commercial interests, says EU court
In a landmark decision, the EU General Court ruled today that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was wrong to refuse access to toxicity studies related to glyphosate, a controversial pesticide
