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Press Releases

EU's revised Renewable Energy Directive fails to address the realities of the climate and biodiversity crisis

In the early hours of today, European Union (EU) negotiators concluded negotiations over the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). The outcome will not reduce the EU’s wood burning addiction to comply with its renewable targets. It...

30/03/2023

NGO Statements

Serious concerns about the Swedish Presidency proposal for the Nature Restoration Law

This letter was sent to Representatives of the Swedish Presidency, EU Environment Ministers and Permanent Representations. The European Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Rapporteurs and shadows of...

27/03/2023

Critical Raw Materials: Mining on Sámi land without their consent

Europe is desperate to secure critical raw materials for the green energy and digital transitions. But mining must not happen on Sámi land without free, prior and informed consent from the Sámi people, says Karin Nutti Pilflykt.

24/03/2023

NGO Statements

Certifying EU activities to increase carbon removals from land

For agricultural and forested land, the aims of the European Commission’s proposed voluntary EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) include:

Increasing carbon removals by establishing EU criteria and methods to...

22/03/2023

NGO Statements

80 NGOs ask the EU to reject carbon offsets following scandal of largest voluntary carbon offset certifier

In November 2022, the European Commission presented a proposal for an European Union (EU) Regulation on certification of activities that remove carbon from the atmosphere ('carbon removals'), which included voluntary minimum...

22/03/2023

Press Releases

EU use of Critical Raw Materials – how to make sure it's fair for people and forests

Today, the European Commission updated its list of the Critical Raw Materials (CRM) it needs to power the green and digital transitions, and issued a legislative proposal and a Communication for how it will source them.

There are...

16/03/2023

Forest Watch

New study by a consortium of journalists reveals the dangers of meaningless certifications and fictitious ‘offsetting’

As the EU continues to think about how to certify carbon removals, evidence mounts of the problems with offsets and forest certification in general.

15/03/2023

Forest Watch

Romania: While enforcement of EU rules stagnates, ‘panic logging’ is on the rise

Romanian NGO Agent Green explains why referring the country to the Court of Justice of the EU would help forests and underscore the practical effect of EU rules.

15/03/2023

Forest Watch

Poland: EU Court of Justice ruling is a twofold victory for environmental organisations and forest defenders

A decision by the EU Court of Justice underscores the importance of being able to defend EU conservation objectives in court.

15/03/2023

Forest Watch

Ivorian NGO identifies issues related to implementing the EU Deforestation Regulation in the cocoa sector

A new report shows why the EU needs to address challenges in tracing supply chains before new Regulation on deforestation-free products rules enter into force.

15/03/2023