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To reach its climate neutrality goal by 2050, the European Commission has announced the ban on sales of all combustion engine cars by 2035 and wants to have at least 30 million “zero-emission” vehicles on its roads by 2030.
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22/05/2024
In the run-up to the European elections in June 2024, EU environmental policies have been facing serious backlash - from EU lawmakers themselves. At the heart of their arguments for rolling back legislation has been the challenges experienced by rural communities.
14/05/2024
This new study, commissioned by 10 organisations, and conducted by the research consultancy group Systemiq, assesses the impacts of placing health and sustainability requirements on ready-made meals sold by large companies in the...
17/04/2024
Over the last few years, Fern has devoted itself to listening to foresters across Europe, with the aim of learning from their on the ground experience and ensuring EU decision-makers hear their voices. Throughout this time,...
11/04/2024
The EU Critical Raw Materials Regulation (CRMR) sets out a range of measures to increase production of Critical Raw Materials (CRM), reduce the EU’s dependency on imports, and the environmental and social impacts of their...
02/04/2024
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Fern commissioned EU bioenergy and forest policy expert Duncan Brack to analyse Drax and Exergi’s proposed methodology, and he identified severe shortcomings. This analysis of Drax and Exergi’s proposal highlights the problems with relying on the very companies that would benefit from the building and operating industrial removals projects to create EU methodologies.
26/03/2024
The European Union and Member States have taken a pioneering role in adopting Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) laws, such as the June 2023 adoption of the Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). The...
15/03/2024
In February 2024, the European Commission issued its 2040 climate target Communication, which proposes to reduce net greenhouse gases (GHG) by 90 per cent compared to 1990 levels.
Several elements of the Communication will have...
22/02/2024
For decades, intensive forestry practices have meant that healthy biodiverse forests across the European Union (EU) have been replaced with trees that resemble crops. Intensive forest management not only degrades ecosystems, but...
05/02/2024
Looking back on the journey and to the road ahead
This report sheds light on the achievements and challenges in the implementation of the European Union Sustainable Cocoa Initiative, which aims to deliver on European Green Deal...
31/01/2024
