Nickel is a key component in EV batteries, and Indonesia has the greatest reserves of it on earth. But extracting it in Kabaena island - where mining companies have been granted licences to 73% of the territory - is destroying...
13/12/2024
The recent conference of parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, raised high hopes for transformative action to address the escalating climate crisis. Its outcomes largely fell short,...
12/12/2024
Indonesia’s abundant nickel reserves are crucial for a low carbon world. But extracting them is ruining local peoples’ lives and causing rampant deforestation
09/12/2024
Last week, the Commission proposed to postpone the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by a year and signalled that it intends to “step up dialogue” with partner countries.
The EU has already started partnership...
07/10/2024
The EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) is an important tool to reduce forest destruction and end human rights infringements and should be applauded.
It is important, however, to be aware that implementation...
03/07/2024
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