Publications

Reports

EU Forests of Hope

How community restoration and management of forests can help meet climate goals

01/04/2020

Press Releases

Rapid action on forests is needed, but EU leaders fail to address urgency of climate crisis

Today EU leaders have failed to address the urgent need for climate action, unable to agree on net-zero emissions by 2050. Instead Council conclusions aim for carbon neutrality “in line with the Paris Agreement” without including...

20/06/2019

NGO Statements

Joint Letter on the EU Mercosur Agreement - The Details

On June 18, 340+ civil society organizations wrote to call on the European Union to use its influence to prevent a worsening human rights and environmental situation in Brazil.

18/06/2019

Briefing Notes

The Laos-EU Voluntary Partnership Agreement: Laos civil society takes stock

This briefing outlines Civil Society’s involvement in the EU-Laos Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA). It explains how their engagement is influencing the content, improving...

17/06/2019

Towards sustainable cocoa supply chains: Regulatory options for the EU

Europeans consume more chocolate than anyone else in the world.  But the cocoa production sector – based primarily in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire - is plagued with child labour and deforestation. 

Following decades of failed...

12/06/2019

Briefing Notes

Submission to the Climate Action Summit 2019

Members of the Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance, including Fern were asked provided submissions for consideration within the Nature Based Solutions workstream at the New York Climate Action Summit, which will take place...

07/06/2019