{"id":45646,"date":"2021-05-27T11:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T09:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/?p=45646"},"modified":"2021-06-04T16:06:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:06:35","slug":"the-eu-renewable-energy-directive-recast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/nature-food\/45646\/the-eu-renewable-energy-directive-recast\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU Renewable Energy Directive recast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2021\/05\/2daf82e1-wood-up-in-smoke-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2021\/05\/2daf82e1-wood-up-in-smoke-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2021\/05\/2daf82e1-wood-up-in-smoke-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2021\/05\/2daf82e1-wood-up-in-smoke-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2021\/05\/2daf82e1-wood-up-in-smoke-510x255.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2021\/05\/2daf82e1-wood-up-in-smoke.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>The European Union\u2019s Renewable Energy Directive  has had a devastating effect on forests, but is now being amended as<br>part of the European Green Deal. This is a major opportunity to ensure it supports, rather than undermines the EU\u2019s climate and<br>biodiversity objectives.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is an issue that people care deeply about. Nearly 200,000 people recently signed petitions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regenwald.org\/petitionen\/1228\/die-eu-muss-waelder-schuetzen-statt-sie-in-kraftwerken-zu-verbrennen\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/you.wemove.eu\/campaigns\/the-eu-must-protect-forests-not-burn-them-for-energy\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/act.nrdc.org\/sign\/5415-se-eu-biomass-201117?source=WBSSEBPET&amp;_ga=2.99660702.1053443676.1620391975-868217370.1584367778\">here<\/a>) calling for<br>a fundamental review of how forest biomass is treated in the Renewable Energy Directive.<\/p>\n\n<p>The European Commission is expected to propose changes to the Renewable Energy Directive in July 2021, and these will then be scrutinised by the European Parliament and Council. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2021\/06\/e8484138-2021-05-27-ngo-position-paper-bioenergy-renewable-energy-directive.pdf\">This position paper<\/a> outlines what needs to happen for the EU to create a more science-aligned bioenergy policy that civil society and citizens can support.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2021\/06\/e8484138-2021-05-27-ngo-position-paper-bioenergy-renewable-energy-directive.pdf\">Read the full position paper here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union\u2019s (EU) Renewable Energy Directive has had a devastating effect on forests, but is now being amended aspart of the European Green Deal. 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