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Forest Watch

Climate Ambition Summit: How ambitious was it for forests?

In December 2020, world leaders gathered at the Climate Ambition Summit, deemed a significant moment on the road to COP26, to discuss their ambitions for tackling the climate crisis in the coming years. Forests did not take centre...

03/02/2021

Forest Watch

One Planet: EU heads of state commit to nature protection targets and deforestation regulation

EU heads of state made new commitments to protect the world’s forests at the One Planet Summit, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, 11 January 2021. 

More than 50 countries joined a pledge to protect 30 per cent of the...

03/02/2021

Forest Watch

On the Road to COP26: The disturbing return of offsetting

With the colliding crises of habitat loss and global heating firmly on the agenda of the EU and UN, 2021 is going to be a huge year for forests. The postponed biodiversity and climate conferences of parties (COPs) are set to take...

03/02/2021

Forest Watch

A ‘Just Transition’ for European Forestry is needed

The Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (Forest Europe), a high-level intergovernmental process involving 46 European countries and the EU, issues a report on the State of European Forests every five...

03/02/2021

Forest Watch 262 - February 2021

Bioenergy's bleak impact, due diligence law, and will there be forests on the road to the COP?

03/02/2021

Forest Watch

New European Commission research reveals bioenergy’s bleak impact on forests

“The Use of Woody Biomass for Energy Production in the EU”, the new study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), has been released. It will inform the revision of EU climate and renewable energy legislation, and...

03/02/2021

Forest Watch

Legal Affairs Committee adopts corporate due diligence report

On 27 January 2021, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI Committee) voted 34 to 3 to adopt a milestone legislative report on corporate due diligence. The truly...

03/02/2021

Fern position on the EU-Mercosur agreement

This EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement will increase trade in the agricultural products that are the main drivers of deforestation in South America. This is opposite of what needs to happen for the EU to achieve its commitments to...

27/01/2021

Forest Governance 2 - February 2021

Forest governance in the Congo: Domestic advances but climate plans lag behind

27/01/2021

The EU LULUCF Regulation: Help or hindrance to sustainable forest biomass use?

The European Commission has stated that, “climate action is at the heart of the recently introduced European Green Deal”, including “ambitiously cutting greenhouse gas emissions” and reaching zero emissions by 2050. As part of the...

27/01/2021