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Press Releases

Rapid emissions cuts will negate need for BECCS, says IPCC

Fern welcomes apparent shift from relying on dangerous technological solutions The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on 1.5 degrees has confirmed that Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is not...

08/10/2018

News

EU decarbonisation strategy must heed recent science on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage

Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) – a controversial technology that proposes to capture the carbon emissions from burning trees and vegetable oils and bury it underground – may not actually remove carbon dioxide...

19/09/2018

Blogs

Politics trumps science as EU lays out its renewable energy future

The EU’s new bioenergy policy is driven by vested interests not evidence, writes Linde Zuidema.

“I want the European Union to become the world number one in renewables,” Jean-Claude Juncker declared in January 2014.

This grand...

21/06/2018

REDII: EU fails to position itself as defender of forests, climate and the public interest

After a year and a half of discussions over the shape of a new Renewable Energy Directive (REDII), on 14 June 2018 the EU chose to disregard science and appease the economic interests who...

18/06/2018

Press Releases

EU clings to doomed biomass policy

The new Renewable Energy Directive agreed on today will apply for the period 2021 – 2030 and will continue to incentivise current destructive practices: increasing forest harvests, the burning of whole trees and stumps, and large...

14/06/2018

Press Releases

Climate the loser as the European Parliament fails to ensure wood is burnt sustainably

(Brussels) – 17 January 2018. The European Parliament today failed to help the climate by reversing the European Union’s (EU) disastrous bioenergy policy. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted on the new Renewable Energy...

17/01/2018

Films

Jouer avec le feu: le futur de la bioénergie en Europe

Plusieurs pays européens comptent sur la bioénergie pour atteindre leurs objectifs en matière d'énergies renouvelables. Toutefois, le secteur de la bioénergie a un impact nuisible sur les forêts, la qualité de l'air, le climat...

22/12/2017

Press Releases

EU’s Environment Committee recognises role of forests in fighting climate change but fails on bioenergy

The European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee today voted to increase removals of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by forests from 2030 onwards, recognising the important role that EU...

11/07/2017

Press Releases

A chance to salvage the EU’s failing bioenergy policy

The draft report released on June 7 on bioenergy sustainability criteria by Environmental committee (ENVI) rapporteur MEP Bas Eickhout (Greens) is a chance for the EU to end a policy which is causing huge damage to forests and the...

07/06/2017

Press Releases

One step forward, two steps back for EU on climate and forests

Today, the European Parliament took one step forward and two steps back for the climate and forests.Read the full Press ReleaseOn a positive front, the Environment Committee voted to strengthen the EU’s climate target for the...

30/05/2017