Publications

Briefing Notes, NGO Statements

EU rules on packaging

NGO perspectives on the urgent need to reduce paper packaging

14/04/2023

NGO Statements

Certifying EU activities to increase carbon removals from land

For agricultural and forested land, the aims of the European Commission’s proposed voluntary EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) include:

Increasing carbon removals by establishing EU criteria and methods to...

22/03/2023

News, NGO Statements

Rights-based NGOs urge the EU to ensure a smallholder-inclusive Regulation on deforestation-free products

Fern and four other NGOs have joined together to call on the European Parliament and Council to consider key recommendations for a just transition for smallholders, as part of the proposed EU Regulation on deforestation-free products.

11/03/2022

News, NGO Statements

Civil Society calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen the Proposed Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products

NGOs make 16 recommendations to the European Parliament and European Union (EU) Member States to preserve and improve the essential elements of the Commission’s proposal for a strong and ambitious EU anti-deforestation law.

03/02/2022

News, NGO Statements

NGOs: "To protect nature and the climate, we must reform how bioenergy is treated in the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive"

This position paper, signed by 32 NGOs from across Europe, outlines how the EU can create a bioenergy policy that civil society and citizens can support.

05/11/2021

NGO Statements

Making TSD chapters more effective

Joint contribution to the EU’s Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) Review

11/10/2021

NGO Statements

The Forest Strategy must support people, nature and the climate, and not bow to industry pressure

This is statement signed by four pan European networks and 67 organisations from 20 countries across Europe calling on the European Commission to ensure the Forest Strategy supports people, nature and the climate.

29/06/2021

NGO Statements

The EU Renewable Energy Directive Recast

An opportunity to help meet climate and biodiversity objectives

28/05/2021

NGO Statements

Raising the bar: Strengthening EU biodiversity and climate leadership through FLEGT and Forest Partnerships

This statement summarises the views of civil society organisations (CSOs) from Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, Europe, and West and Central Africa. These organisations help address the key challenges threatening forests around...

27/04/2021

NGO Statements

To benefit people, biodiversity and the climate, EU development programmes must heed local voices

The EU is the world’s largest aid donor and a major political actor with a strong influence over global policies. The EU recognises civil society as an essential actor in policy making and implementation, specifically in the...

14/04/2021