The Amsterdam Declaration Partnership (ADP) - a group of ten countries including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom - has played an outstanding role in...
30/05/2024
Although the logical flaws in carbon offsetting have been known for decades, offset companies around the world have kept pushing them and have kept making money. Meanwhile, emissions keep going up. Recent years have seen the...
29/05/2024
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The success of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) will depend on our ability to trace the goods it is focussed on. While traceability is only a means to an end, the end goal is an essential part of tackling...
To reach its climate neutrality goal by 2050, the European Commission has announced the ban on sales of all combustion engine cars by 2035 and wants to have at least 30 million “zero-emission” vehicles on its roads by 2030.
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22/05/2024
In the run-up to the European elections in June 2024, EU environmental policies have been facing serious backlash - from EU lawmakers themselves. At the heart of their arguments for rolling back legislation has been the challenges experienced by rural communities.
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European parties fail to promote nature and climate as election nears
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Despite the efforts, the endless talks, and the international agreements, large-scale industrial deforestation continues unabated in Cameroon, nudged along by the Cameroonian government and under the tolerant gaze of international...
The European Environment Agency (EEA) released (March 2024) its yearly overview of renewable energy deployment in the EU for 2022: 23% of the energy consumed in the EU during 2022 came from renewable sources, an increase driven...
As politicians across the EU look to dismantle the environmental progress of recent years, the highest courts, at least in Baltic Member States, are giving reason to hope: rising above the in-fighting and taking their role as the...
In the run-up to EU elections in June 2024, EU and national politicians are continuing their roll back of the hard-won environmental gains of the European Green Deal. Such developments go against the wishes of most EU citizens, 87...