LULUCF: EU misses key chance to deliver on Paris Agreement The EU missed a golden chance to deploy its forests in the fight against climate change. The EU finalised carbon accounting rules on land…
News in Brief - December 2017 Forest restoration is our secret weapon for achieving the Paris Agreement target of limiting temperature rise to 1.5˚ C. Fern’s new report, Return of Trees, gives…
While climate change wreaks havoc, airlines hide plans to double emissions behind a widely discredited scheme. In Bonn last month delegates from around the world discussed how to implement…
News in Brief - November 2017 Saskia Ozinga remembers Wally Menne, of southern Africa’s Timberwatch Coalition, who passed away 26 October 2017: “I first met Wally Menne at a meeting of the World…
Environment Committee fails to act on biomass burning Despite some positive points, the Environment Committee of the European Parliament (ENVI) failed to set EU bioenergy policy on a sensible course…
Airlines’ ‘action’ on climate change means doubling emissions This press release exposes the flaws in the airline industry’s plans to offset its carbon emissions.
The EU must take a broader approach to helping companies keep commitments Responding to pressure from NGOs, 23 consumer goods companies, many European, have committed to halting deforestation and…
Civil Aviation is playing a dangerous offsets game with our climate As delegates from the UN’s aviation agency, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), gather in Montreal to agree…
Greater enforcement of EU Timber Regulation will help improve forest governance The European Commission has launched a first infringement procedure against Belgium for failure to enforce the EU…
