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EU Commission plans carbon offset scheme for big polluters
The European Commission’s ‘sustainable carbon cycles’ plan, announced today, risks becoming an excuse for big polluters to stall their own climate action, Greenpeace has warned.
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Letter to EU Commission on sustainable carbon cycles
Carbon removals cannot replace real cuts to actual greenhouse gas emissions.
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Glimmer of hope for EU anti-deforestation law
Brussels – A European Commission draft law, published today, to cut deforestation out of the EU’s supply chains is a tentative first step towards protecting the world’s forests, but still…
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COP26: EU hypocrisy exposed as climate conference wraps up
Brussels 13 November 2021 – Greenpeace has slammed the EU’s double standards as the COP26 climate conference draws to a close in Glasgow.
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Letter: EU deforestation law must protect people and nature
With just a week to go before the European Commission presents its legislative proposal, 56 NGOs from the #Together4Forests campaign are urging the Commission to not water down key elements of…
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Briefing: EU anti-deforestation law could have serious holes
17 November will be a big day for nature protection – here’s what to look out for
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EU Commission ‘Fit for 55’ package unfit to contain climate crisis
Despite a series of eye-catching announcements, a package of policy proposals released by the European Commission on Wednesday is unfit to tackle the climate crisis, warned Greenpeace.
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Six things to look out for in EU Commission’s ‘fit for 55’ climate package
On 14 July, the Commission will formally kick off the complex process of turning a continent-wide climate target into concrete policy measures. But the measures will fail to cut off financial support for fossil fuels and other environmentally destructive sectors, like industrial farming and aviation, and will even encourage investments in fossil gas and the…
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5 reasons why burning trees for energy is bad for climate, people and nature
Have you heard about the latest fake climate solutions that our policy makers are pushing? Burning wood as ‘renewable energy’ is being sold to us as a sustainable practice. In…
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EU renewables rules destroying Estonia’s forests
EU rules and national subsidy schemes that encourage the use of wood pellets to meet renewable energy targets are driving the destruction and degradation of forests