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Forest Strategy: encouraging but too timid to face up to the challenge

Recognising the importance of forests in the fight against climate change, the European Commission released its new Forest Strategy as part of the Fit for 55 package. It provides the first holistic European vision for how to...

16/07/2021

Press releases

Forests sacrificed for EU climate policy

Today, the European Commission released its revised 2030 climate and energy package. Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that burning forest biomass accelerates climate change and destroys biodiversity, the Commission ignored...

14/07/2021

Fit for 55 package – What does it mean for forests?

Today the European Commission released its revised 2030 Climate and Energy Package. Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that burning forest biomass accelerates climate change and destroys biodiversity, the Commission ignored...

14/07/2021

Restoring nature, protecting biodiversity: We cannot wait until it’s all over

To act or not to act: The European Parliament heard the ENVI Committee’s call for effective action to support nature; the Commission would like to keep thinking, and measuring.

10/06/2021

Forests and climate in the EU: trading pollution reduction for forest ambition

A patchy agreement on land-use carbon removal in new EU climate targets reduces EU climate ambition.

04/05/2021

Blogs

The European Green Deal promises an EU of bigger and better forests: The Taxonomy Regulation makes it impossible

The success of the European Green Deal depends on the financial support it receives. 

More and more finance is already flowing from banks and investors, eager to turn their portfolios green. But what are the criteria for deciding...

21/04/2021

NGO statements

Response to the Forest Strategy consultation - A world of strong and healthy forests

Ursula von der Leyen is the first European Union (EU) Commission President to publicly recognise how important forests are to life on our planet. But with the climate crisis and biodiversity collapse looming, time is short to turn...

24/03/2021

NGO statements

No forest offsets

This letter was sent to President of the European Commission von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioner Simson, Commissioner Sinkevičus , Minister Matos Fernandes, MEP Guteland and other Members of the...

22/03/2021

Carbon dioxide removal: trade-offs, governance gaps and irretrievable risk

As uncertainty surrounds what is meant by carbon dioxide removal, separate targets for actual emissions reductions and carbon removals are crucial to achieve the 2050 climate target.

03/03/2021

Forest watch

One Planet: EU heads of state commit to nature protection targets and deforestation regulation

EU heads of state made new commitments to protect the world’s forests at the One Planet Summit, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, 11 January 2021. 

More than 50 countries joined a pledge to protect 30 per cent of the...

03/02/2021