Publications & Insight

Films

EU-Mercosur trade deal: What does it mean for Brazil?

Brazil's environmental policies affect some of the world’s most important forests and can have a devastating effect on the traditional communities that live in and off them. This has a knock-on effect on the climate, our planet,...

02/09/2020

Blogs

The COVID recovery plan for Europe: Why MEPs are our last chance to make it work for the climate

The €1.8 trillion pandemic recovery plan and long-term budget deal agreed by EU heads of government on 21 July 2020, after nearly five days of haggling, is widely seen as a political and economic landmark. But from an...

30/07/2020

Blogs

COVID-19: Is Ghana’s government losing the battle?

With lockdown eased, preventing the spread of disease is shifts to individual responsibility.

23/07/2020

Blogs

Liberia and COVID: Reliable information needed

NGOs struggle to raise awareness in communities, and then struggle to get the information they need to be effective.

23/07/2020

Events

What Climate Strategy for European Forests? Rethinking their contribution to climate neutrality

The European Union (EU) has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. This will require us to both drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase carbon dioxide removals. Many countries rely heavily on scenarios that...

21/07/2020

Blogs

Compelling new evidence shows the EU’s entanglement with illegal deforestation for soy and cattle farming in Brazil

Since taking office in January 2019, President Jair Bolsonaro has waged a relentless campaign against Brazil’s environmental laws and the rights of its Indigenous Peoples.

This assault helped paved the way for the fires that tore...

17/07/2020

Briefing Notes

Letting trees age: an effective climate strategy

French forests are currently at a crossroads. Ever since the 2007 Grenelle Environment Forum, France, like many European countries, has allowed industrial wood energy projects to proliferate. Now the urgent need to deal with the...

14/07/2020

Press Releases

Defensor del Pueblo Europeo: La Comisión Europea debe responder por haber ignorado los efectos del acuerdo comercial con América del Sur en los planos ambiental y social

El Defensor del Pueblo Europeo ha abierto una investigación sobre el acuerdo comercial de la Comisión Europea con el grupo de países sudamericanos del Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur). 

Esta da continuidad a una queja presentada...

10/07/2020

Forest Watch

Forest Watch 257 - July 2020

Is burning biomass finished in the Netherlands, Indonesia-EU trade and more…

09/07/2020

Blogs

COP26 must insist on the right solutions for people and nature

Climate urgency requires that Parties avoid the carbon market pitfalls and focus on protecting and restoring nature.

09/07/2020