Going Negative - How carbon sinks could cost the Earth The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change was a landmark, which put the use of land-based sinks such as forests at the heart of the global…
A dangerous delusion: Debunking the myths around sustainable forests and the EU’s bioenergy policy A Dangerous Delusion exposes the myth that problems don’t exist with biomass from Europe’s forests…
Burning trees for energy is no solution to climate change This briefing note outlines why using wood to produce renewable electricity and heat can increase carbon dioxide emissions. It explains what…
Aviation industry plan to offset emissions will push global warming beyond 1.5° Celsius Aviation is one of only two sectors worldwide with no existing United Nations’ (UN) targets to reduce…
Cheating the climate: the problems with aviation industry plans to offset emissions The UN Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas does not cover emissions from international aviation. These are…
A new sustainable bioenergy policy The European Commission has announced that it will propose a new and improved bioenergy sustainability policy for the use of biomass in heating, electricity and…
Financing land grabs and deforestation: The role of EU banks and investors In recent years, a growing body of evidence has shown how large scale agricultural companies are driving land grabs and…
A comparison of national sustainability schemes for solid biomass in the EU There are no harmonised sustainability criteria for bioenergy or the sourcing of biomass across the European Union (EU).…
Tackling illegal logging, deforestation and forest degradation – a global agenda for the EU This letter from eight NGOs to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security…
Letter to agriculture ministers for European Council meeting on FLEGT This letter to agricultural ministers thanks them for their actions to control illegal logging and encourages them to…
