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In May 2024, the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO), representing more than 600 scientific institutions active in forest research, published International Forest Governance: A critical review of trends,...
11/06/2024
Preliminary results from the EU elections, which took place from 6-9 June 2024, have delivered a notable decrease in green and liberal parties. It remains to be seen with whom von der Leyen will seek an alliance, but her choice...
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...
07/05/2024
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...
The recently agreed Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) is an extremely innovative law, although that may not be obvious from the manner in which it is limping across the finish line. The process of its...
02/04/2024
On 20 March 2024, the General Elections Commission (KPU) declared Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka the winners of the 2024 presidential election, with 58.6% of the votes. From an environmental perspective, the victory...
Recent relations between certain farming unions and environmentalists have been all too hostile, goaded by political forces that find it expedient to distract and cultivate grievance. The Commission’s initiative to take the heat...
“Reducing the resource intensity of food, mobility, housing and energy systems is the best and only way of achieving the SDGs, the climate goals, and ultimately a just and liveable planet for all”, says the UN Environment...
EU citizens can celebrate a welcome break in the hostilities against environmental legislation. First, the version of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) that emerged from trilogue negotiations improves the text adopted in a fraught...
06/03/2024
