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The Dark Side of the Bioeconomy: Climate Catastrophe, Forest Destruction, and Human Rights Abuses

Over 115 Organisations from 40 countries hold day of action to reject the “BioFuture Platform”.

An international coalition of more than 120 organisations from 40 countries today warns that the rapid global growth of the so-called...

07/11/2018

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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

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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

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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