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Events

2020 Cocoa Barometer Launch

On Tuesday 1st December, the VOICE network (in partnership with Fern) launched the 2020 Cocoa Barometer with a webinar attended by a broad range of stakeholders who created a lively discussion. 

The event was moderated by Oliver...

02/12/2020

Events

Tackling deforestation through EU due diligence: lessons and proposals from Brazil

The webinar discussed how to trace Brazilian agricultural exports to the EU and how a deforestation and land rights observatory could help EU companies perform due diligence to remove deforestation and human rights violations from...

01/10/2020

News, Events

Webinaires sur les consultations de l'UE et du Royaume-Uni sur les propositions de réglementation visant à mettre fin à la déforestation

Les points clé des webinaires : 

Les webinaires tenus en portugais, anglais, français et espagnol ont été suivis par plus de 100 participants issus de la société civile de pays producteurs, ainsi que des ONG et des bailleurs de...

28/09/2020

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

Events

Ending imported destruction: How EU due diligence regulations could protect forests and people

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Fern and the Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) Working Group of the European Parliament, a cross-party group of Members if the European Parliament (MEPs), co-organised the event to discuss...

03/07/2020

Events

Tackling the global deforestation crisis - the urgent need for EU regulation of supply chains

Following the global outcry about the Amazon fires, Fern and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office organised a European Parliament event to discuss the European Union’s (EU) response and the urgent need to regulate EU agricultural supply chains.

26/11/2019

Events

CDN et forêts - Bilan des progrès et perspectives futures

2019 est une année cruciale pour l'ambition climatique et les révisions des contributions déterminées au niveau national (CDN).

Coordination SUD et Fern ont proposé une rencontre multi-acteurs sur les CDN et les forêts, afin de...

04/10/2019

Events

Responsible Investment for Sustainable, Deforestation-free Agricultural Supply chains - Which EU policies do we need?

Together with Aidenvironment & Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Fern organised on May 6 an event on 

“Responsible Investment into Sustainable, Deforestation-free Supply chains – Which EU policies do we need?”

Downloa...

06/05/2019

Events

Le nouveau CFP de l’Union européenne: quels avantages pour les forêts tropicales et les moyens de subsistance locaux ?

Les forêts communautaires peuvent aider les pays et les populations locales à gérer les forêts de manière durable et équitable dans les pays forestiers tropicaux. Le nouveau cadre financier pluriannuel de l'UE sera-t-il à la...

29/11/2018

Events

Missing pathways: resilient land solutions in the EU long-term strategy

What role do forests, land and food systems play in limiting warming to 1.5 degrees? And what can the EU do about it?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on keeping global warming below 1.5...

12/11/2018