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Kelsey Perlman

Forest and Climate Campaigner

Kelsey Perlman

Kelsey has worked on land-use and transport issues in European and international climate negotiations, looking specifically at problems linked to international aviation. At Fern she focuses on EU forest and climate policies, the negative emissions debate, and all things linked to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry.

  • Languages: English, French

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European companies seem to flip flop on the usefulness of having harmonised information systems to monitor their forestry activities, depending on the law being discussed and who is being asked to deliver it. Representatives from...

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What the outcome of Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture means for forests

On 4 September 2024, the European Commission published the results of its Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture, an innovative exercise that, in a period of bitter strife, gathered farm lobby groups and NGOs around a...

18/09/2024

Europe’s chance to end its destructive forestry model

Europe exported a destructive forestry model around the world but now has the chance to put a stop to it at home, something EU countries must ensure is properly rolled out.

Over the past 50 years, a forestry model that has caused...

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Forests in the EU’s Long-term climate strategy

Thirty-eight per cent of the European Union (EU) is covered by forests. They contribute to life and well-being, give children a place to play and dream, and parents a place to walk and talk. They contribute to Gross Domestic...

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Using trees for cover

We mustn’t be fooled by fossil fuel giants’ latest offset plans.

Momentum for action on the climate emergency has appeared unstoppable in recent weeks.

Extinction Rebellion activists brought key parts of London to a standstill. ...

30/04/2019

UN Climate Action Summit: Every silver lining has a raincloud

The Climate Action Summit had a host of upsides. Most came with a downside.

11/10/2019

Repairing nature now, not tomorrow

The European Climate Law proposed by the European Commission outlines the path European Union (EU) Member States must follow to achieve carbon neutrality. Responding to the proposal, lead rapporteur in the European Parliament, Jytte Guteland, has put forward ambitious targets for emissions reductions, but the strategy to absorb emissions remains shaky.

29/05/2020

European Parliament Own Initiative report on the EU Forest Strategy – nature loses, industry wins again

On 7 October, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Agriculture Committee’s report on the Forest Strategy. It is a confusing result. MEPs have said they wish to stop the loss of the world’s last remaining natural forests,...

08/10/2020

European Parliament confirms climate ambition, rejects delaying action with forests

The European Parliament approved Jytte Guteland’s report on the EU Climate law and endorsed a 60% emission reductions target, rejecting amendments combining emission reductions and carbon dioxide (CO2) removals into the same...

08/10/2020