The EU’s climate and human rights ambitions have long been thwarted by its free trade policies. The Commission is now showing signs of rectifying this, but it has some way to go say eight leading NGOs.
25/04/2022
The European Parliament and Council are currently debating changes to the Commission’s proposal for a Deforestation-free products regulation. Swedish NGOs originally published this article in the Swedish Media to call out the negative role that their country is playing, weakening the regulation and urging them to unite with other Member States in the fight against global deforestation and forest degradation.
On Friday 22 April 2022, a group of NGOs including Fern wrote to Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Development and Cooperation, Ministers of the Environment, and Ministers of Agriculture of the Members States of the...
22/04/2022
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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have listened to some of the concerns about the Regulation, but key requests, such as a fair price, remain in suspense.
06/04/2022
Security is not just about energy. It is about averting climate breakdown. The Ukraine crisis must not be used as a political football.
