A solid starting point for sustainability and an EU-Indonesia FTA The draft interim report of the Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the EU-Indonesia Free Trade negotiations (FW 237) places…
Dutch court ruling on climate change could improve climate policies globally The Hague Court of Appeal made a precedent-setting ruling on 9 October 2018, providing a global example for engaged…
Hope is fading for a binding instrument on human rights and transnational corporations The possibility of a binding instrument to defend human rights against the actions of transnational…
IPCC report discredits the burning of forests: NGOs outline the alternative From the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) landmark report showing that we have just 12 years to…
Rapid emissions cuts will negate need for BECCS, says IPCC Fern welcomes apparent shift from relying on dangerous technological solutions The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report…
The fire next time: addressing future European blazes Inside the Arctic Circle, in Sweden, Latvia, Finland, Norway, and – with particularly devastating consequences – Greece, forest fires burnt with…
EU decarbonisation strategy must heed recent science on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) – a controversial technology that proposes to…
Humane chocolate: Companies and other stakeholders push for binding legislation The European Union (EU) must put in place in a law to ensure its cocoa imports are free from child labour and…
Groundbreaking report sends strong message to the EU on the forest crisis Now is the time for greater leadership from the Commission and EU Member States to end tropical deforestation and support…
French Environment Minister resigns to jolt EU leaders out of climate complacency The surprise resignation of Nicolas Hulot, French Minister of Environment and celebrity environmentalist, is a loud…
