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Poor forest management also needs to shoulder some of the blame.
18/09/2019
Tropical forests consumed by fire and colossal hurricanes show that the time for half-measures to address climate change and forest destruction is long past.
Council and Parliament urged to get involved to fix oversights and reinforce ambition in new forest Communication.
Hope remains: the deal can still be rejected, as a first step toward requiring that companies and consumers do better.
The Finnish Presidency of the European Council could be a chance to clean up EU supply chains.
09/07/2019
The Commission has prioritised trade and profit; it is now up to the European and national parliaments to set a more positive course for human rights and forests.
As European temperatures soared, the European Council and Member States avoided concrete action on the climate emergency. We demand better.
But to reduce global deforestation effectively, EU-wide regulation is urgently needed.
31/05/2019
Rather than listen to critical voices, the Congolese Government chooses to risk political capital silencing them. The EU must not stand for this.
The landmark Dutch law adds to mounting pressure on the EU to develop harmonised rules for human rights and environmental risks due diligence.
