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New roadmap to decarbonise European transport by 2040
Brussels – New research, published by Climact and New Climate Institute and commissioned by Greenpeace Belgium, offers a roadmap for decision-makers to decarbonise the European transport sector by 2040, powering…
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Letter to Commissioner Kyriakides on open-source detection test for first commercialized gene-edited plant ready for integration in routine EU GMO controls
Greenpeace, on behalf of ARGE Gentechnik-frei (Austria), IFOAM Organics Europe and VLOG – Association Food without Genetic Engineering (Germany), wrote to the European Commission to inform about the successful development…
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First open source detection test for a gene-edited GM crop
Brussels - Greenpeace, together with other non-governmental organisations, non-GMO food associations and a food retailer, announced that the first-ever public detection method for a gene-edited crop has been successfully developed and published. [1] The new research refutes claims by the biotech industry and some regulators that new genetically modified (GM) crops engineered with gene editing…
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Briefing: First open source detection test for a gene-edited GM crop
A group of NGOs and non-GMO food associations from Europe, New Zealand and the USA and a leading European retailer have published a detection method for the first commercialised genetically…
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A new EU law to protect the world’s forests
Despite government promises and corporate pledges to halt deforestation, the world continues to lose priceless natural habitats.Between 1990 and 2016, 1.3 million square kilometres of forest was lost. This is…
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EU governments pass up opportunity for green and just recovery – Greenpeace
Brussels – As the first face-to-face EU summit since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe ended, Europe’s leaders have failed to exclude access to EU recovery funds for…
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Bankrolling the climate crisis
Greenpeace analysis: ECB corporate bond purchases during the coronavirus pandemic.
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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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Letter to EU Commission: Democracy is a prerequisite for a green and just recovery
Read the letter to EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen here. In order for the EU to deliver on a green and just recovery, all levels of government must…
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EU COVID-19 response must be caring, fair & green, not a blank cheque for polluters
Brussels, 26 March 2020 – The European Union’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic must focus on saving lives and help make our societies fairer, greener and more resilient to future…
