Nickel is a key component in EV batteries, and Indonesia has the greatest reserves of it on earth. But extracting it in Kabaena island - where mining companies have been granted licences to 73% of the territory - is destroying...
13/12/2024
We can all stop holding our breaths: tripartite negotiations among the EU Commission, Parliament and Council concluded, 3 December 2024, with an agreement both to delay application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and not...
12/12/2024
At a time when partnerships are more critical than ever for implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation, the EU Commission is poised to kill off its bravest initiative in forest governance and accountability, and to replace...
Sadly, a company that acts with nonchalance in the absence of authorisations is nothing unusual. What is more remarkable, is when learning that it will not be able to sell the proceeds of its activities on the EU market brings...
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The recent conference of parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, raised high hopes for transformative action to address the escalating climate crisis. Its outcomes largely fell short,...
Indonesia’s abundant nickel reserves are crucial for a low carbon world. But extracting them is ruining local peoples’ lives and causing rampant deforestation
09/12/2024
Brussels - Today, the President of the European Commission and Head of States of relevant South American countries reached a political agreement for a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Mercosur.
“This deal...
06/12/2024
In light of questions raised in the European Parliament’s Budgetary Control (CONT) Committee on EU funding of civil society, 31 organisations, including Fern, have issued an open letter to the European Commission to stress that...
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which entered into force in June 2023, has undergone sustained political attacks since the start of 2024, leading the European Commission to propose delaying its application by 12 months.
T...
04/12/2024
