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This new report shows that the quantity of wood required to satisfy the European Union’s 20-20-20 target is likely to be too large to be met by increased production within the EU. Member States will have to rely on importing wood products from elsewhere, at the risk of damaging ecosystems in other parts of the world, while actually increasing the EU’s own carbon footprint.

Estamos lançando o mundo numa experiência vasta, sem precedentes, e o aquecimento global já é uma realidade. Os climatólogos  alertam:  se  não  reduzirmos  maciçamente nosso  uso  de  combustíveis  fósseis,  começando  imediatamente, estas mudanças provavelmente serão catastróficas, representando uma séria ameaça à viabilidade das sociedades humanas como nós as conhecemos hoje em dia.

The European Commission has been sued, accused of violating European transparency laws. Environmental law organisation ClientEarth, Friends of the Earth Europe (FOEE), FERN and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) filed the lawsuit following the Commission’s refusal to provide access to information in decisions relating to Europe's biofuels policy.