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225 civil society organisations from 42 countries call on the European Parliament and all EU governments to reject the European Commission’s proposal to delay by twelve months the application of the EU deforestation-free products...
15/10/2024
Proposed EUDR delay threatens forests and the climate - what must happen next?
Agricultural expansion drives almost 90% of global deforestation.
The EU’s attempt to tackle it through the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) could now be delayed by 12 months because of opposition from various quarters –...
14/10/2024
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The rumours were swirling for months, but when the news broke on October 2, it came abruptly and without warning.
Just a week earlier, the European Commission insisted that it had no plans to delay implementing the EU...
08/10/2024
Last week, the Commission proposed to postpone the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by a year and signalled that it intends to “step up dialogue” with partner countries.
The EU has already started partnership...
07/10/2024
Brussels | Today, the European Commission proposed to postpone the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by a year, based on the “feedback” received by international partners.
This comes after Ursula von der...
02/10/2024
The coffee industry is facing a pivotal moment as new mandatory sustainability regulations come into effect across Europe.
Even though these regulations establish a level playing field that prioritises human rights and...
01/10/2024
How sustainable is the wood burned in EU power plants, which EU taxpayers are paying billions of euros for every year?
The report Mass Imbalance reveals that the EU does not really know, because it cannot know.
The reason? Its...
25/09/2024
The acute problems blighting the cocoa trade in Côte d’Ivoire are at risk of spreading like a contagion into Central Africa. But the EUDR can help smallholder growers understand the broader context in which they operate and better...
18/09/2024
A recent report by Estonia’s Court of Auditors has raised questions about the meteoric growth of Europe’s largest producer of wood pellets, Graanul Invest (GI). Biomass subsidies from the EU and its Member States were thought to...
