No matter how one looks at the UK’s recent announcement of how its aid budget cut of 40% will be allocated, it seems that harsh times are ahead for the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems and the people who depend on them.
Aid...
01/04/2026
Despite long-standing concerns and warnings, in September 2025, the EU Commission and Government of Indonesia signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the product of nearly a decade of negotiations. Given the...
15/10/2025
In April 2023, the European Union moved boldly to end EU complicity in global deforestation linked to our consumption, by passing the ground-breaking EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) with an overwhelming majority. Since then,...
Brussels, 23 September, 2025 – Today’s free trade agreement between the EU and Indonesia is a win for transnational companies at the expense of forests and vulnerable peoples.
After nine years of negotiations, Indonesia and...
23/09/2025
Our fraught geopolitical context underlines the good sense of the recent EU/UK realignment ranging from security to youth experience and passport checks. With their rapprochement now agreed, there is an opportunity to mutually...
11/06/2025
