Publications & Insight

NGO Statements

EU: Don't let big polluters off the hook. Say no to carbon offsets!

The climate crisis is more urgent than ever. Yet the EU debate on rules for carbon removals is focused on carbon offsetting which will further fuel climate chaos. This false solution allows polluters to avoid emissions reductions and distracts us from the urgent need for real, deep cuts. Tell the EU we need real solutions now.

14/07/2023

NGO Statements

Declaração conjunta das ONG: As obrigações dos Estados-Membros da UE de implementar o novo Regulamento da UE relativo à Desflorestação começam hoje

150+ ONG apelam aos Estados-Membros da UE para que implementem o Regulamento da UE relativo à desflorestação

29/06/2023

NGO Statements

Over 60 forest NGOs call on MEPs to support an ambitious Nature Restoration Law

The natural world is our life support system, providing us with everything we need to live. Half of the world's economy relies on the environment. However, we have caused a lot of damage to Europe's and the planet's biodiversity...

14/06/2023

NGO Statements

Vattenfall must stop destroying forests and worsening climate chaos

Vattenfall is today preventing young climate activists from attending their annual general meeting. In Vattenfall’s Notice to attend, it says: "The Annual General Meeting is open to the general public. In connection with the...

26/04/2023

Briefing Notes, NGO Statements

EU rules on packaging

NGO perspectives on the urgent need to reduce paper packaging

14/04/2023

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

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

NGO Statements

209 Civil Society Organisations say: EU trade deals must not undermine democratic rights

In order to bypass criticism by some EU governments and parliaments, the European Commission wants to change the voting process for upcoming trade agreements with Mexico, Chile and the Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina,...

24/11/2022

NGO Statements

Environmental and social conditions of ‘RebuildUkraine’

As the Ukraine Recovery Conference begins in Lugano (Switzerland), 25 NGOs from Ukraine and across Europe have sent a letter to the European Commission urging them to ensure that there are strong social and environmental conditions attached to the RebuildUkraine effort, and in particular the Ukraine Solidarity Trust Fund.

04/07/2022