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This briefing note shows the folly of G-20 plans to increase ECAs’ capacity without ensuring they bring in regulations aimed at halting their support for companies that take advantage of tax avoidance loopholes such as offshore...
17/09/2009
Liberalising investments with the aim of opening markets appears to be incompatible with sustainable development of resource-based activities. FERN has therefore published a briefing note, “From Rome to Lisbon,” a guide to the...
23/08/2009
Although FERN’s overall goals of social and environmental justice still feel distant, there were clear successes along the journey such as the UK following Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium in committing to include social criteria in its procurement policy and the conclusion of the second Voluntary Partnership Agreement in the Republic of Congo.
20/06/2009
A new FERN funded report by Kavaljit Singh on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement with a strong focus on the banking sector. The report asks the question who benefits from FTAs and shows that opening up India for European banks can...
31/03/2009
Although contrary evidence is overwhelming and growing, policymakers in the North seem to believe that carbon trading is the best mechanism to address climate change. The EU, Japan, the US and Australia all have their own trading...
14/03/2009
A discussion paper looking at the role that biomass could play in meeting Europe's energy needs.
16/12/2008
How the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is failing forests and peoples.
12/12/2008
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FERN briefing note detailing the history of Avoided Deforestation and Degradation and explaining the basic differences between the different country proposals on the table for Reduced Emissions of Deforestation and Forest...
26/11/2008
This report describes the different country proposals on the table to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in the lead up to a forest climate agreement to be agreed by the UNFCCC in December 2009. It...
A joint statement by FERN, Greenpeace, Inter-African Forest Industry Association, Precious Woods, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and Tropical Forest Trust, detailing which changes this group the FSC needs to make to...
08/11/2008
