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Low carbon, high risk

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Low carbon, high risk

Lessons for the EU from Label Bas-Carbone forestry projects in France

31/05/2023
Why the EU Deforestation Regulation won’t sugar coat the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

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Why the EU Deforestation Regulation won’t sugar coat the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

In June 2019, after more than 20 years of tortuous negotiations, a bilateral trade agreement was agreed between the European Union (EU) and the Mercosur bloc of nations - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay (European Union...

20/04/2023
EU rules on packaging

Briefing Notes, NGO Statements

EU rules on packaging

NGO perspectives on the urgent need to reduce paper packaging

14/04/2023
What is the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products and why should you care?

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What is the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products and why should you care?

The European Union (EU) Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) - to be adopted spring 2023 - prohibits companies from putting products on the EU market unless they are deforestation-free and legally produced. It will...

14/03/2023

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Not just about trade

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Not just about trade

Communities from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay give their views on the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

01/02/2023

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An EU strategic framework for working with countries to achieve deforestation-free production

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An EU strategic framework for working with countries to achieve deforestation-free production

Why it is needed, and what it could look like.

23/01/2023

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Europe's Dark Winter

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Europe's Dark Winter

How will people and forests survive the energy crisis?

16/11/2022
COP27: Congo Basin countries must increase ambition to protect the world’s second green lung

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COP27: Congo Basin countries must increase ambition to protect the world’s second green lung

The November 2022 Climate Change Conference (COP27), held in Egypt was the last milestone before the first Global Stocktake (GST) scheduled for 2023. The GST aims to assess the progress made in implementing Nationally Determined...

09/11/2022

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A carbon bomb in the heart of Europe

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A carbon bomb in the heart of Europe

Will the EU biomass loophole give a lifeline to energy giant EPH’s coal power plants?

08/09/2022
Fern’s analysis of the European Parliament's rapporteur's draft position on the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products

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Fern’s analysis of the European Parliament's rapporteur's draft position on the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products

On 24 March 2022, the EP rapporteur Luxembourgish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Christophe Hansen of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) released his draft report on the proposed EU Regulation on deforestation-free products. This short document is a follow up of Fern’s rapid assessment of the Commission’s proposal.

20/04/2022

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