Publications & Insight

News

EU Climate Law report remains dangerously vague on the role of ‘negative emissions’

Positive elements in the new Draft report must not be thwarted by over-reliance on ‘negative emissions’.

10/06/2020

News

Danish state aid case illustrates Commission’s biomass blind spot

Consideration of bioenergy’s external costs is fundamental for assessing compatibility of state aid.

10/06/2020

Forest governance, News

Germany’s Corona EU Presidency – what impact on the world’s forests?

Germany has a chance to raise climate ambition and shape three important relationships.

10/06/2020

News

EU Trade to consider action to improve the environment and human rights

The push to adopt enforceable sustainability measures, starting with the cocoa sector, is gaining momentum in DG Trade.

10/06/2020

Blogs

Europe’s Rich and Threatened Forest Biodiversity

This photo story reveals the beauty of European forest biodiversity and why it is so important for EU climate goals.

Photographs by Karl Adami.

05/06/2020

NGO Statements

Fern stands with the Black Lives Matter movement in the struggle for justice

A joint statement from all of us at Fern 

Fern’s vision is a world in which environmental, social and economic justice is fully integrated at all levels. To achieve this, we work with partners to uncover and end the systemic...

03/06/2020

Briefing Notes

The EU-Mercosur trade agreement: What is it, and what could it mean for forests and human rights?

In June 2019 the European Union (EU) and Mercosur (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay) announced that they had reached an ‘in principle’ agreement on the content of a bilateral trade agreement which they had been negotiating,...

02/06/2020

Blogs

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

Press Releases

European Commission faces major hurdle to protect and restore forests

Only days after the European Commission heralded the importance of protecting and restoring nature - specifically forests – to achieve climate and biodiversity goals, it faces its first hurdle in ensuring this happens. Member...

28/05/2020

Blogs

As Amazon deforestation rises, Europe resolves to act

Brazil has entered uncertain times.

Two health ministers and the Justice Minister have resigned within the last month, throwing President Jair Bolsonaro’s government into disarray, as opposition to his reckless response to...

25/05/2020